Buddy Rich: Mr Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-1955
I last collared a set like this in 2008 when Proper released Strike It Rich!, a 4-CD compilation; this time...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2022
Coleman Hawkins: Mr Bean
The blindfolded man with a hat pin strikes again on this 3CD retrospective. Coleman Hawkins first appeared on record in...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis: Four Classic Albums: Plus,Count Basie Presents/Very Saxy/Goodies From Eddie Davis/Callin’ The Blu
I believe that at least a couple of these albums may have already been reviewed individually in these pages by...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and George Lewis: Artificial Life 2007
You may have missed the signs when entering the two cities but, musically at least, Glasgow is now twinned with...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2014
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (with Lol Coxhill and Evan Parker): Improcherto (for HB)
This a fine record and proof if needed of the awesome fire-power of this remarkable ensemble. GIO's unusual make up...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: July/2012
Somi: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba
One glance at the amazing lineup – stellar names from the US and Africa – on this album demonstrates that...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2022
Webster Wraight Ensemble: No Lucky Days
A collaboration between an electronic dance producer/drummer Charles Webster and Matthew Herbert big band arranger Peter Wraight brings together a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014
Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943
If you’ve never had access to a collection of Fats Waller’s work, both as a solo pianist and as the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024
Fat-Suit: Atlas
As a late-night Glasgow Jazz Festival fixture, Fat-Suit seemed a simple enough proposition at first: a funk big band, built...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2016
Sun Ra: Refections In Blue/Hours After/Mayan Temples/A Tribute To Stuff Smith
Interspersed with such alien sound attacks as ‘Prelude To Stargazers’, ‘Dance Of The Extra Terrestrials’ and a truly hypnotic ‘I...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2015
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