Miles Davis: At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol.4

Al Foster | Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Herbie Hancock | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Keith Jarrett | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Ron Carter

Columbia/Legacy propose making this set available from Friday, 17 July 2015 – 60 years to the day of Davis' breakthrough...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Beats & Pieces Big Band: Good Days

Anthony Brown | Anton Hunter | Ben Cottrell | Emily Burkhardt | Finlay Panter | Graham South | Nick Walters | Oliver Dover | Owen Bryce | Phil O’Malley

As with all other aspects of social-cultural life, the pandemic put the brakes on Ben Cottrell's much-admired Manchester-based Beats &...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2023

Charlie Parker: Complete Savoy Sessions

Bud Powell | Charlie Parker | Clyde Hart | Dizzy Gillespie | Duke Jordan | John Lewis | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Slam Stewart | Tommy Potter

Charlie Parker’s career on recordings are dominated by his affiliation with the Savoy, Dial and Clef labels with an ever...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016

Owen Broder: Heritage: The American Roots Project

Alphonso Horne | Bill Holman | Frank Kimbrough | James Shipp | Jay Anderson | Jim McNeely | Kate McGarry | Matt Wilson | Miho Hazama | Nick Finzer

A highly unusual debut album for reedsman Broder, aiming to create a jazz setting for the kind of folk influence...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018

Thelonious Monk: 'Round Midnight: Complete Blue Note Singles (1947-1952)

Al McKibbon | Art Blakey | Billy Smith | Danny Quebec West | Gene Ramey | George Taitt | Idrees Sulieman | John Simmons | Kenny Dorham | Kenny Hagood

We're told the jukebox was invented in 1890, but it certainly came of age in Depression-era America, and it not...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2015

Gene Krupa: Drummin' Man – His 44 Finest

Anita O'Day | Benny Goodman Trio & Orchestra | Buddy Rich | Charlie Ventura | Dizzy Gillespie | Flip Phillips | Harry James | Illinois Jacquet | Lionel Hampton | McKenzie-Condon Chicagoans

When a featured sideman becomes a far bigger attraction than his employer, it’s time for him to wrap his sandwiches...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2011

Christian McBride Big Band: The Good Feeling

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Loren Schoenberg | Melissa Walker | Michael Dease | Nabate Isles

The first big band release by the celebrated bassist and composer. It’s very retro but you have to listen carefully...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: November/2011

Noah Preminger/Broken Shadows/Gregory Tardy/Bill Frisell/Billy Lester/Kenny Werner/Hank Roberts: Newvelle Records: Seaso

Adopting a unique marketing strategy, first put into effect in 2015, Newvelle Records, co-founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

Out of Necessity…: John Pope Quintet: Mixed With Glass

Faye MacCalman | Graham Hardy | Jamie Stockbridge | John Pope | Johnny Hunter

The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Album Interview: Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads The Constitution!

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Brad Mehldau's teasing talent for setting a mood of fascinating expectation and then unhurriedly revealing its multiple implications has been...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018