Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 2
The first volume of Digby’s career retrospective was reviewed in Jazzwise 251 (May 2020); now comes Volume Two. Again it’s...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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June Christy: Five Classic Albums (Second Set)
June Christy is a somewhat overlooked figure nowadays, but this first-rate collection from Avid, showcasing her elegant, perfectly-pitched and dynamically...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2021
Willie Smith: Alto Sax All-Time Great 1934-1956
It’s about time that altoist Willie Smith had another collection devoted to his work, following the Ocium Sound of Distinction...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2020
Duke Ellington: Complete Newport 1956 Concert
Newport was the famous happening, before happenings were even thought of, and certainly long before people started writing books about...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016
Various Artists: We Like Ike: 100th Birthday Tribute To Jazz Guitar Legend Ike Isaacs
Here’s a 17-track mixed-bag tribute to mark the centenary of the influential jazz guitarist Ike Isaacs who was born in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2020
Lakecia Benjamin: Pursuance: The Coltranes
New York City altoist Lakecia Benjamin has assembled an intergenerational all-star cast for this tribute to Alice and John Coltrane,...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020
Chet Baker: The William Claxton Collection
Beautifully presented in a set of 12 boxes, whose spines combine to create one of William Claxton's iconic portraits of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2018
Terry Pack's Trees: Into The Woods
Terry Pack’s prog apprenticeship with The Enid and session work with varios pop/rock figures from Steve Hackett to Sam Fox...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2020
Various Artists: Jazz on Film… Film Noir
You just have to look at the subtitle to know how this goes: criminals, murderers, bent cops, drugs and jazzers...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Various Artists: Amarcord Nino Rota
This landmark album was originally released in 1981 and recorded in tribute to the Italian film composer Nino Rota, focusing...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018
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