John Coltrane: Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Edition)
A cornerstone of any jazz album collection, fans can hardly complain that Giant Steps has been hard to come by....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020
Dave Bryant: Night Visitors
Charnett Moffett | Dave Bryant | Gregg Bendian
Since Ornette Coleman's radical agenda included setting jazz free from harmonic constraints, he rarely went in for hiring keyboardists. Dave...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
Jim Hart/Barry Green/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown: The MJQ Celebration
Barry Green | Dave O'Higgins | Jim Hart | Matt Ridley | Steve Brown
It was the late Michael Garrick who first conceived the idea of forming a quartet to celebrate the music of...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2014
Don Pullen: Capricorn Rising/Healing Force/Warriors/Milano Strut/The Magic Triangle/Evidence Of Things Unseen/The Sixth
Life isn't fair. Nearly 20 years after his death, pianist Don Pullen may be hymned by those in the know...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2012
The Tubby Hayes Quartet: Seven Steps to Heaven: Live at the Hopbine 1972
Daryl Runswick | Mick Pyne | Tony Oxley | Tubby Hayes
If the previous Tubby Hayes appearance on Gearbox Records – The Jazz Couriers, Live in Morecambe 1959: Tippin' (GB 1510)...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014
Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Volume Three
The provenance of some of this previously unreleased music is obscure, the personnel details and circumstances pretty sketchy too, but...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2016
Gene Krupa: Drummin' Man – His 44 Finest
When a featured sideman becomes a far bigger attraction than his employer, it’s time for him to wrap his sandwiches...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2011
Various Artists: Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947
For the first half of the 20th century, radio and the jukebox were the two main building blocks of contemporary...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2016
Matthew Shipp: The Unidentifiable
2020 could well be the year of the Shipp, among other things. He has already marked his 60th birthday in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2020
Byron Wallen: Portrait: Reflections On Belonging
Although active in a number of projects, Wallen has not released an album under his own name for some 13...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020
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