Ancient Infinity Orchestra: River of Light
Taping at the height of summer and basking in the West Riding sun between takes, bassist Ozzy Moysey’s 14-piece band...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Gareth Lockrane Big Band: Fistfght at the Barn Dance
This is the first call London-based flute specialist and composer Gareth Lockrane's long awaited Big Band debut release on Michael...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017
Various Artists: Live at the Little Gem Saloon
Basin Street Records have documented the distinctive flavours of New Orleans jazz since 1997. The label celebrated its 20th anniversary...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2019
Georgie Fame: Survival: A Career Anthology 1963-2015
If you wish to judge a man by the company he keeps, then look no further than the Hall of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017
Charles Mingus: In Session – Mingus Fingus
Jasmine’s illuminating overview of Mingus’ studio life covers it from its earliest beginnings in Los Angeles to his late-period encounter...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Chris Barber: Just Once More For All Time
In the wake of the Last Music Co's four-CD set of Chris Barber's music released in 2021, and largely consisting...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2023
Dizzy Gillespie and Lalo Schifrin: Studio and Live Collaborations 1960-62
When Dizzy Gillespie’s big band went on a State Departmemt tour of Argentina in 1960, the trumpeter was so impressed...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2022
Cab Calloway: The Hi-De-Ho Man 1930-1952
Two years after the Acrobat Calloway collection (reviewed in Jazzwise, July 2022), along comes another 2-CD set, that somehow squeezes...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2024
Dinah Washington: Queen of the Blues – A Centenary Tribute
Hard on the heels of the Retrospective centenary tribute to Sarah Vaughan (reviewed in Jazzwise August 2024) comes a companion...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Cab Calloway: All The Hits and More 1930-56
Compiling a collection on the basis of ‘hits’, using the post-1936 Billboard ‘Hit Parade’ (and similar unofficial charts) and then...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
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