Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962
Acrobat’s sumptuous 4-CD collection devoted to trumpeter and star Ellingtonian, Cootie Williams (1911-1985), states: “Features performances with Duke Ellington, Benny...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Balimaya Project: When the Dust Settles
Ten tracks. Ten big topics. Death. Grief. Truth. Anger. Pride. A multi-layered wall of Afro-centric rhythms played out on percussion...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2023
Benny Goodman: The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Reissuing a classic and well-known concert ought to be straightforward, but this particular release highlights some of the editorial issues...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2024
Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4
The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Charlie Parker: The Complete Dial Masters
Like the Savoy collection below, this is a recycling and repackaging of a 2015 set on Essential Jazz Classics (both...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020
JJ Johnson & Kai Winding: Trombones For Two – The Classic Collaborations 1953-56
Seeing Johnson and Winding side by side on their sole UK appearance together in September 1958, as part of the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Illinois Jacquet: Five Classic Albums: The Kid and The Brute/Swing's The Thing/Illinois Flies Again/Illinois Jacquet Col
To paraphrase Private Eye's Glenda Slagg – Illinois Jacquet… crazy name, crazy guy! Be that as it may, from the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2012
Lakecia Benjamin: Pursuance: The Coltranes
New York City altoist Lakecia Benjamin has assembled an intergenerational all-star cast for this tribute to Alice and John Coltrane,...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020
Various Artists: Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions
The short-lived Dial label is justly hallowed, above all for seven studio sessions led by Charlie Parker. Started in early...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2015
Mike Walker: Ropes
Manchester's Mike Walker, one of the most exciting and imaginative jazz-to-fusion guitarists in Europe, has been thrilling audiences and captivating...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2019
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