McCoy Tyner: Enlightenment
Alphonse Mouzon | Azar Lawrence | Joony Booth | McCoy Tyner
In 1972, Orrin Keepnews signed McCoy Tyner to his Milestone label, and Sahara reestablished his career that had lost direction...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019
Clarence Penn: Dali in Cobble Hill
Adam Rogers | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Clarence Penn
Clarence Penn doesn't seem to do many record dates these days, possibly because he works regularly with Dianne Reeves, which...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013
Kurt Elling: Secrets Are the Best Stories
For its lyrical depth, emotional sincerity, and stellar performances, Secrets Are The Best Stories must be considered one of the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020
Stanley Turrentine: Look Out
Another of Jazz Images’ curious re-packings in which the headlining album is accompanied by three ‘bonus’ sessions which somehow don’t...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: March/2020
Blue Mitchell: African Violet/Summer Soft
The 1970s were, generally speaking, very difficult for straightahead jazz musicians, with rock almost totally dominating the recording scene. There...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang: Stringing The Blues – their 52 finest 1926-1933
Retrospective’s 2-CD selection of the music produced by these two Italian-American swing virtuosos together and occasionally, separately, is a welcome...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022
Irreversible Entanglements: Who Sent You?
Aquiles Navarro | Camae Ayewa | Keir Neuringer | Luke Stewart | Tcheser Holmes
East Coast collective Irreversible Entanglements still refer to themselves as a free jazz group but, since the release of their...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2020
Count Basie and his Orchestra: The Count Basie Collection 1937-39
For those who don't own the 1992 GRP box set documenting this era of Basie, or who may not have...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: June/2021
Sine Qua Non: Serge Gainsbourg Re-Imagined
The transgressive poet and Gallic chansonnier that is Serge Gainsbourg could never be tied to one musical genre in particular....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015
Kavita Shah: Cape Verdean Blues
Bau | Kavita Shah | Miroca Paris
Recorded in Mindelo, Lisbon, and New York over a five-year period, this new album of (mostly) traditional Cape Verdean music...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2023
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