Paul Dunmall Quintet with Ed Puddick & The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Big Band: Soultime Again
UK sax titan Paul Dunmall has been notably prolific of late, releasing a slew of albums recorded by different configurations....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
Duke Ellington: Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973
This is a fascinating but slightly unsatisfactory compilation from radio tapes of two Berlin Jazz Festival concerts, the earlier tracks...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2022
Various artists: The Jubilee Years: 20 Magic Years
Some choice cuts here from the ACT vaults, and a reminder of the wide range of jazz produced by this...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2012
Art Blakey: The Complete Columbia And RCA Albums Collection:
The whole mythology that’s attached to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers essentially revolves around the numerous albums they recorded for Blue...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016
Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59
Although during his teens Edward Brian (Tubby) Hayes had briefly made his presence heard on recordings by Kenny Baker (1951),...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013
Asha Parkinson's Kalpadruma: Onwards
And the talent keeps coming. Asha Parkinson's credentials are impressive: a stalwart of NYJO, a first-class degree from Guildhall, teachers...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
Nucleus & Ian Carr: Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975
This is a mammoth effort, with all nine Nucleus albums from their Vertigo days squeezed onto a 6CD set, capturing...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2019
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Real Enemies
Brooklyn-based Darcy James Argue has been one of the most talked about young ensemble arrangers and leaders on the east...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016
Marc Ribot: Songs of Resistance 1942-2018
Trump is beyond satire and shame, making artistic opposition seem hopeless. Social media’s intimate propaganda walls up minds that might...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Feb/2019
Count Basie & His Orchestra: Afrique
Count Basie’s autobiography didn’t think Afrique worth mentioning, despite its bolt-from-the-blue Pharoah Sanders and Albert Ayler covers, under the baton...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2021
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