Kurt Edelhagen & His Orchestra: The Unreleased WDR Recordings 1957-1974
Kurt Edelhagen was a major force in German jazz, his orchestra home to an all-star ensemble that included top US,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021
Lonnie Liston Smith: Album Interview: Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds
One of the most salient features of the music that the keyboardist recorded in his purple patch for Bob Thiele's...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013
Scott Dunn with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep – Scott Dunn Celebrates Richard Ro
Claire Martin | Jeremy Brown | Matt Skelton | Rob Barron | Ryan Quigley | Scott Dunn
A flawless song list comprising Richard Rodney Bennett originals plus some of his favourite standards, stunning arrangements by conductor Scott...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2023
The Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Free Hoops
Drew Gress | Kenny Wollesen | Sylvie Courvoisier
Free Hoops is the Courvoisier Trio's third album, and picks up directly from where the last one, D'Agala, left off...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2021
Bud Powell: The Best of Bud Powell Vol. 2: 1944-62
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
Hank Jones: !!!
George Mraz | Hank Jones | Kenny Washington
This live set is apparently a new discovery, by Italy’s revitalised Red label, and no criticism is implied by suggesting...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023
Buddy DeFranco : The Bebop Years, 1949-1956
Buddy DeFranco deserves a lot more recognition than he has had over the years for his sterling work in keeping...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
Runswick Hymas: Big Bands 1974-78
“Bands, those funny little plans that never work quite right,” sang Jonathan Donahue on Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs. That line...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2019
Tom Hewson: Essence
The ex-Trinity Laban, British jazz pianist Tom Hewson follows in the footsteps of both his mentor, the late great jazz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019
Chet Baker: Chet: The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker
The plethora of Chet Baker reissues continues and each of these releases has something to commend it, although the bonus...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2020
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