Review of Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!

Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!

Buddy Caldwell | Clarence Thomas | Harold Mabern | Idris Muhammad | Jimmy Lewis | Melvin Sparks | Virgil Jones

Editor's Choice

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★★

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Shirley Scott: A Walkin’ Thing

Shirley Scott: A Walkin’ Thing

Aaron Walker | Arthur Harper | Shirley Scott | Terell Stafford | Tim Warfield

Candid

Rating: ★★★

After almost a 10-year hiatus from recording in the 1980s, Shirley Scott came back to the studios for a brief...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2023

Review of Bud Powell: The Best of Bud Powell Vol. 2: 1944-62

Bud Powell: The Best of Bud Powell Vol. 2: 1944-62

Al Hall | Art Blakey | Art Taylor | Bennie Green | Bud Powell | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Cootie Williams | Curley Russell | Curtis Fuller

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

This anthology follows an earlier issue from Acrobat, and like its predecessor, it aims to offer a representative cross-section of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024

Review of Marius Neset/London Sinfonietta: Geyser - Live at Royal Albert Hall

Marius Neset/London Sinfonietta: Geyser - Live at Royal Albert Hall

Anton Eger | Conor Chaplin | Geoffrey Paterson | Ivo Neame | Jim Hart | Marius Neset

ACT

Rating: ★★★★★

Geoffrey Paterson, the classical conductor steering this 2022 live recording of a Proms concert for Norwegian reeds star Marius Neset's...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2023

Review of Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two

Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two

Barry Stephenson III | Bryan Carter | Carmen Staaf | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar

Outside In Music

Rating: ★★★★

We took note of Broder’s Volume 1 in Jazzwise 278 and liked it. As the blurb puts it, "the album...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Albert Nicholas/Edmond Hall/George Lewis: Great Jazz Great Clarinets 1953-1957

Albert Nicholas/Edmond Hall/George Lewis: Great Jazz Great Clarinets 1953-1957

Albert Nicholas | Barbara Dane | Charlie Lodice | Dick Oxtot | Edmond Hall | George Lewis | Louis Sharpton | PT Stanton | Ralph Sutton | unknown personnel

Upbeat

Rating: ★★★★

Here’s another of Upbeat’s ready-made compilations from their takeover of the Jazz Crusade label, where it first appeared as Rare...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Review of Logan Kane: Floor Plans

Logan Kane: Floor Plans

Benjamin Ring | David Binney | John Escreet | Jon Hatamiya | Logan Kane | Mark Turner | Paul Cornish

Ghost Note

Rating: ★★★★

Logan Kane, the 26 year-old West Coast bassist and composer, has been making waves on the LA scene since he...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Brink

Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Brink

Ingrid Laubrock | Tom Rainey

Intakt Records

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has a mastery of tone on her instruments – tenor and soprano – and her rich sonic...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2024

Review of Various artists: Jazz At The Flamingo 10th Anniversary Tribute

Various artists: Jazz At The Flamingo 10th Anniversary Tribute

Alan Branscombe | Andy White | Arthur Watts | Benny Green | Bert Courtley | Bill Eyden | Bill LeSage | Derek Smith | Don Rendell | Eddie Harvery

Fantastic Voyage

Rating: ★★★

In another life, one of this reviewer's many occupations was that of resident compère at Jeff Kruger's Jazz at the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Review of Pee Wee Russell / Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Reunion

Pee Wee Russell / Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Reunion

Bob Brookmeyer | Coleman Hawkins | Emmett Berry | Jo Jones | Milt Hinton | Nat Pierce | Pee Wee Russell

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz describes Candid as ‘short-lived but highly respected label for the quality of its sessions’.Part-owned...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2022

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