Review of Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim

Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim

Buster Williams | JR Mitchell | Sadik Hakim | Sonny Stitt

Progressive

Rating: ★★★

Sonny Stitt was there at the dawn of what become known as modern jazz – bebop division. Come up with...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2015

Review of Chris Hodgkins International Quartet: Festooned With Trumpets

Chris Hodgkins International Quartet: Festooned With Trumpets

Alison Rayner | Chris Hodgkins | Jinjoo Yoo | Wayne Wilkinson

Bell

Rating: ★★★

As previously reported, Hodgkins, once released from exigencies of administration, rekindled his desire to play with both his special tribute...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Review of David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson

Here-Tiz Music

Rating: ★★★

The 1970s New York circles that David Glasser grew up in were steeped in jazz and the politics of civil...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020

Review of Charles Mingus: Jazzical Moods

Charles Mingus: Jazzical Moods

Charles Mingus | Clem DeRosa | George Barrow | Jackson Wiley | John LaPorta | Rudy Nichols | Teo Macero | Thad Jones

Poll Winners Records

Rating: ★★★★

The music on this disc emerged from the final sessions at which Mingus largely used conventionally notated music before moving...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012

Review of Gene Krupa: Drummin’ Man: Hits and Classic Recordings 1938-50

Gene Krupa: Drummin’ Man: Hits and Classic Recordings 1938-50

Adrian Tel | Al Beck | Al Hall | Al Jordan | Al Sherman | Andy Pino | Anita O’Day | Babe Wagner | Ben Feman | Biddy Bastien

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

In common with other recent Acrobat collections, this 2-CD set selects its repertoire at least partly on the popularity of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023

Review of Louis Hayes: Exactly Right!

Louis Hayes: Exactly Right!

Abraham Burton | David Hazeltine | Dezron Douglas | Louis Hayes | Steve Nelson

Editor's Choice

Savant

Rating: ★★★★

Born in 1937 and still going strong, Hayes was named an NEA Jazz Master this year; this seen by some,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023

Review of Tom Skinner: Voices Of Bishara Live at mu

Tom Skinner: Voices Of Bishara Live at mu

Chelsea Carmichael | Kareem Dayes | Robert Stillman | Tom Herbert | Tom Skinner

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★

Tom Skinner has established a considerable reputation as the go-to guy for projects that skirt the experimental fringes of jazz...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2024

Review of Kenny Barron: Beyond this Place

Kenny Barron: Beyond this Place

Immanuel Wilkins | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Steve Nelson

Editor's Choice

Artwork Records

Rating: ★★★★

From the late 1950s, when he was a teenager barely out of high school, Kenny Barron was good enough to...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2024

Review of Billy Marrows and A Grande Familia: Penelope

Billy Marrows and A Grande Familia: Penelope

Angus Bayley | Anna Drysdale | Billy Marrows | Chris Williams | Dijan Mbanu | Greg Sanders | Gustavo Clayton Marucci | Jonas Mbanu | Mike Soper | Olli Martin

Editor's Choice

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

A Grande Familia is Portuguese for 'The Big Family', and this unusual project is definitely a family affair.Guitarist and composer...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2024

Review of Anthropods: Abundant Shores

Anthropods: Abundant Shores

Clemens Sainitzer | Irene Kepl | Jakob Gnigler | Mark Holub | Susanna Gartmayer

Klanggalerie

Rating: ★★★

Two Vienna-based bands, each featuring Led Bib drummer Mark Holub– but that’s about it for commonalities. Acoustic quintet Anthropods was...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2024

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