Dave McDonnell Group: The Time Inside a Year

On his debut for the cult Chicagoan label, the cutting edge alto saxophonist, in the company of locals Joshua Abrams,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Wynton Kelly: Someday My Prince Will Come

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

Despite directly inspiring the name of Ellis Marsalis's son, Kelly is nowhere near as celebrated as he should be. In...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

McCoy Tyner: Today and Tomorrow

Butch Warren | Elvin Jones | Frank Strozier | Jimmy Garrison | John Gilmore | McCoy Tyner | Thad Jones | Tootie Heath

With the discovery of lost material from John Coltrane’s classic quartet circa 1963 causing a stir recently, it’s worth casting...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018

Wes Montgomery: Four Classic Albums

Buddy Montgomery | Hank Jones | Jimmy Cobb | Johnny Griffin | Lex Humphries | Milt Jackson | Monk Montgomery | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Paul Humphrey | Philly Joe Jones

In his quite short life, Wes Montgomery (1923-68) seems to have worked himself to death. Aside from holding down several...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024

Barry Harris: Live In Tokyo

Barry Harris | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones

I should have remembered that there was a cover version of ‘Un Poco Loco’ by Harris, a keen follower of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2016

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Warm Up: The Complete Live At The Highwayman 1965

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

A smiling Don Rendell gazes approvingly at a bearded Ian Carr, assiduously pressing the valve keys on his glistening flugelhorn...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: March/2023

Eric Reed and Cyrus Chestnut: Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul

Cyrus Chestnut | Dezron Douglas | Eric Reed | Willie Jones III

Only recently it seems I was commending the duo pairing of Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan as a master-class in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010

Lester Young Quartet: Collates

Bill Clark | Buddy Rich | Gene Ramey | Hank Jones | Jo Jones | Joe Shulman | John Lewis | Lester Young | Ray Brown

This is the most delightful album to have come my way in an age. Usefully uniting all of Young's 1949-51...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie

Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter

Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Lester Young: Pres And Teddy

Gene Ramey | Jo Jones | John Lewis | Lester Young | Teddy Wilson

Such was the iconic status that Lester Young previously earned for himself with both Count Basie and Billie Holiday, that...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014