Various Artists: So Much, So Quickly: British Modern Jazz Pianists 1948-62

Alan Branscombe | Bill Le Sage | Brian Dee | Colin Purbrook | Damian Robinson | Dave Lee | Derek Smith | Dill Jones | Dizzy Reece | Don Rendell

Acrobat (with the aid of researcher-writer Simon Spillett) have done it again. Here's a 24-track compilation that just keeps giving....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2018

Barney Kessel: The Barney Kessel Story: Honey Rock 1954-1962

Al Hendrickson | Arnold Ross | Art Pepper | Barney Kessel | Bill Perkins | Bob Cooper | Bud Shank | Buddy Collette | Claude Williamson | Georgie Auld

Here’s a good-value double-disc compendium of Barney Kessel performances largely culled from the albums issued under his name from 1954–62...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023

Gerry Gibbs: Songs From My Father

Buster Williams | Chick Corea | Christian McBride | Geoff Keezer | Gerry Gibbs | Kenny Barron | Kyeshie Gibbs | Larry Goldings | Patrice Rushen | Ron Carter

This fine and devotedly-crafted double album is a vehicle for much thrilling jazzmaking by a superb cast, but it has...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens

Butterbeans & Susie | Carroll Dickerson's | Erskine Tate's | Jimmy Bertrand's | Johnny Dodds | Lillie Delk Christian | Louis Armstrong | Victoria Spivey

EJC offer us far more than it suggests on their rather flimsy 4-CD slipcase. Yes, all the Hot Fives and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Tubby Hayes & Paul Gonsalves: Change Of Setting

Harry South | Jackie Sharpe | John Lamb | Les Condon | Paul Gonsalves | Ray Nance | Ronnie Scott | Ronnie Stephenson | Terry Shannon | Tony Coe

It was hard for the reviewer to separate objectivity from nostalgia, since I had the mono LP long ago, before...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2016

Wayne Shorter: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Danilo Pérez | Gary Willis | Herbie Hancock | Mitchel Forman | Tom Brechtlein | Wayne Shorter

2002 was the year Wayne Shorter was Artist in Residence at the North Sea Jazz Festival. He opened the event...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Sax Appeal: Funkerdeen

Bob McKay | Brandon Allen | Derek Nash | Gary Plumley | Mike Bradley | Pete Adams | Phil Scragg | Scott Garland | Simon Allen

Derek Nash has fingers in many pies. The hardworking producer, composer/arranger and multi-reedman fronts various groups and works with others,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2014

Mack Avenue Superband: Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival 2015

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Freddie Hendrix | Gary Burton | Kirk Whalum | Tia Fuller

The Mack Avenue label is old school in a good way. For a start it embraces the players who, for...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2016

Gaubert/Ceccarelli/Top: Ligne Sud Trio

Perhaps better known as an arranger and TV and movie composer, Christian Gaubert leads his French trio from the piano...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos: Live In San Francisco

Etienne M’Bappe | Gary Husband | Jason Crosby | Jeff Sipe | Jimmy Herring | John McLaughlin | Kevin Scott | Matt Slocum | Ranjit Barot

With Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks and Cooder all putting out major releases within six weeks of each other, the great...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018