Benny Golson: Killer Joe
Overly-heavy with percussion, freighted by vocals, and over-amplified, this was Golson's 1977 attempt to climb on the then-fashionable fusion bandwagon....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2017
Sidney Bechet: In Switzerland
For many years after his death Sidney Bechet continued to be regarded as a demi-god in the French-speaking world. This...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2015
Count Basie/Lester Young: Classic 1936-47 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions
The early Basie band brought new levels of blues feeling and informality to the big-band scene. In addition, the leader's...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016
Manny Albam: Classic Recordings 1957
There are several Manny Albam compilations on the market, all with slightly different permutations of the albums he made as...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020
Count Basie: Swinging The Blues
Back in the days of LPs, if you wanted a comprehensive history of the ‘Old Testament’ Basie band on record,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019
Doncaster Jazz Alumni: 50 Years
Consider this remarkable double-CD as a kind of festschrift (or a sort of ‘commemorative document’ as the dictionary has it)...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024
Chick Webb & His Orchestra: All The Hits And More
Baltimore-born Webb (1909-1939) suffered from congenital tuberculosis of the spine which left him hunch-backed and often ill, yet despite this...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937
The benchmark for reissues of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra from its earliest days until it disbanded in the late 1930s has...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023
Miles Davis: 1986-1991: The Warner Years
Ten years ago, Warner Bros was set to release a Miles Davis boxed set, The Last Word, which chronicled the...
Reviewed by George Cole in issue: November/2011
John Dankworth: Zodiac Variations & $1,000,000 Collection
A side-effect of Dankworth’s demise last year is the reissue of more of his long unavailable middle-period work, for instance...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2011
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