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
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
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: The Capitol Singles Plus
In 1953, Ellington moved to Capitol Records from Columbia, citing the better promotion offered by his new label. Two years...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Matthew Gee All Stars: Jazz By Gee
Here’s another of Jordi Pujol’s lost-causes. This time it is Houston-born trombonist Matthew Gee (1925-1979) he recalls, a man whose...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
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