Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Warm Up: The Complete Live At The Highwayman 1965

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

A smiling Don Rendell gazes approvingly at a bearded Ian Carr, assiduously pressing the valve keys on his glistening flugelhorn...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: March/2023

Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2

Alan Tomlinson | Alan Wakeman | Bernie Holland | Dave Holdsworth | Harry Miller | Keith Tippett | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Trevor Watts

This excellent second installment of Different Times, Different Places gives a further insight into the vast achievements of the late...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016

Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter

Seldom do recordings of previously unissued material from the past demand jazz history be re-written. Live in Europe 1969 Vol....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2013

Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie

Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter

Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | David Torn | Mike Baggetta | Ryan Ferreira | Tim Berne

Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019

Don Grolnick: Nighttown

Bill Stewart | Dave Holland | Don Grolnick | Joe Lovano | Marty Ehrlich | Randy Brecker | Steve Turre

Don Grolnick pretty much reached the top of his profession as a first-call New York studio musician in the 1970s...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020

Colosseum: Those Who Are About to Die Salute You

Dave Clempson | Dave Greenslade | Dick Heckstall-Smith | James Litherland | Jim Roche | Jon Hiseman | Tony Reeves

Well, these recordings didn't die, did they, so all we can do is salute them, even if they've been reissued...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2017

Joe McPhee/Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Brandon Lopez/Paal Nilssen-Love: Of Things Beyond Thule Volume 2

Brandon Lopez | Dave Rempis | Joe McPhee | Paal Nilssen-Love | Tomeka Reid

Recorded live at The Hungry Brain in Chicago, this stonking set captures an inter-generational quintet of impeccable pedigree with ideas...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Goes To Junior College

The sequel to the hit LP Jazz Goes To College, this is the Brubeck/Desmond combination on top form, live in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Chris Speed Trio: Respect For Your Toughness

Chris Speed | Chris Tordini | Dave King

New York-based saxophonist Chris Speed’s career stretches back to the early 1990s and includes work with Claudia Quintet and Tim...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2020