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
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
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
Paz: Variation and Creation: The Story of Paz
Paz came into existence in 1972, having formerly been known as The Dick Crouch Band featuring Lol Coxhill.Essentially a London-based...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025
Kid Ory: Creole Trombone – His 44 Finest 1926-1959
Distilling the prolific output of a musician as long-lived as Kid Ory down to 44 tracks is an unenviable task....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023
Terry Pack's Trees: Heart of Oak
Terry Pack's Trees draw their sustenance from East Sussex's rolling downlands, and Brighton-centred jazz community. Pack's generous open door built...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017
Charlie Parker: Complete Dial Masters
As well as the musicians performing here, the word ‘masters’ indicates deliberate omission of all those alternate takes that fill...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2015
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