Review of Benny Golson: Killer Joe

Benny Golson: Killer Joe

Al Aarons | Allan Harshman | Armand Kaproff | Barbara Ingram | Benny Golson | Betty LaMagna | Bobby Bryant | Bobby Eli | Bobby Lyle | Bonnie Douglas

Vocalion

Rating: ★

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

Review of Sidney Bechet: In Switzerland

Sidney Bechet: In Switzerland

‘Moustache’ Galépidès | Albert Nicholas | Alf Masselier | André Réwéliotty | Bernard Zacharias | Charles Lewis | Christian Azzi | Christian Viénot | Claude Aubert | Claude Jones

United Music Foundation

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Count Basie/Lester Young: Classic 1936-47 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions

Count Basie/Lester Young: Classic 1936-47 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions

Argonne Thornton | Benny Goodman | Benny Morton | Bill Coleman | Bobby Moore | Buck Clayton | Buddy Rich | Carl Smith | Chico Hamilton | Chu Berry

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Manny Albam: Classic Recordings 1957

Manny Albam: Classic Recordings 1957

Al Cohn | Al DiRisi | Al Epstien | Art Farmer | Bernie Glow | Bill Holman | Bob Brookmeyer | Burt Collins | Charlie Mariano | Chauncey Welsch

Acrobat

Rating: ★★

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

Review of Count Basie: Swinging The Blues

Count Basie: Swinging The Blues

Al Killian | Benny Morton | Bill Johnson | Bobby Moore | Buck Clayton | Buddy Tate | Butch Ballard | C. Q. Price | Clark Terry | Coleman Hawkins

Dreyfus

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Doncaster Jazz Alumni: 50 Years

Doncaster Jazz Alumni: 50 Years

Al Wood | Andy Vintner | Cat Miles | Chris Groves | Colin Latimer | Damian Bell | Dan Jones | Dean Nixon | Ellie Smith | Gareth Smith

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Chick Webb & His Orchestra: All The Hits And More

Chick Webb & His Orchestra: All The Hits And More

Band names: The Jungle Band | Benny Carter | Beverly Peer | Bill Thomas | Bob Horton | Bobby Johnson | Bobby Stark | Charles Linton | Charlie Dixon | Chauncey Haughton

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Benny Morton | Bernard Addison | Billy Fowler | Bobby Stark | Buster Bailey | Cecil Scott | Charlie Dixon | Charlie Green

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Miles Davis: 1986-1991: The Warner Years

Miles Davis: 1986-1991: The Warner Years

A B Money | Abraham Laboriel | Adam Holzman | Al Foster | Alan Oldfield | Alphonse Mouzon | Angus Thomas | Atlanta Bliss | Bashiri Johnson | Benny Rietveld

WCJ/Warner Jazz

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of John Dankworth: Zodiac Variations & $1,000,000 Collection

John Dankworth: Zodiac Variations & $1,000,000 Collection

Alan Branscombe | Art Ellefson | Bob Brookmeyer | Bruce Graham | Chris Pyne | Chuck Israel | Clark Terry | Coe | Danny Moss | Daryl Runswick

Vocalion

Rating: ★★★

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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