Review of Zoot Sims Quartet: Live In Louisville 1968

Zoot Sims Quartet: Live In Louisville 1968

Jack Brengle | John Ray | Louis Knipp | Zoot Sims

Gambit Records

Rating: ★★★

When, in 1962, Zoot Sims became the first American musician to officially appear at Ronnie Scott's club it wasn't in...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2012

Review of Kandace Springs: Indigo

Kandace Springs: Indigo

Kandace Springs

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Produced by renowned Detroit jazz drummer turned hip-hop producer Karriem Riggins, Indigo is 29-yearold Kandace Springs' follow-up to her critically...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2018

Review of Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband: Ellington

Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband: Ellington

Al Jarreau | Jörg Achim Keller | NDR Bigband

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lovingly performed, beautifully recorded, and possessing that singularly Jarreauesque joyousness throughout, in these and many other ways it would be...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2024

Review of Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane Quintet: In Chicago

Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane Quintet: In Chicago

Albert Heath | Cannonball Adderley | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Pau Chambers | Percy Heath | Wynton Kelly

20th Century Masterworks

Rating: ★★★★

I've long since given up attempting to find the logic in reissue labels like 20th Century Masterworks, the latest in...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Review of Album Interview: Stacey Kent: Dreamer In Concert

Album Interview: Stacey Kent: Dreamer In Concert

Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Jim Tomlinson | Matt Skelton | Stacey Kent

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

One of Stacey Kent's best albums, certainly as good as Breakfast On The Morning Tram and up there with Close...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Jazz at the Philharmonic: Complete Live in Stockholm – November 21, 1960

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Complete Live in Stockholm – November 21, 1960

Art Davis | Benny Carter | Candido Camero | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Lampkin | Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Byas | JJ Johnson | Jo Jones

Solar

Rating: ★★★★

Here's an entire concert from JATP's 1960 European tour, something of a last hurrah for the formula, Solar's three-CD pack...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2012

Review of Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Dave Brubeck: Early Years: The Singles Collection1950-52

Bill Smith | Bob Collins | Cal Tjader | Dave Brubeck | Dave Van Kreidt | Dick Collins | Fred Dutton | Herb Barman | Jack Weeks | Lloyd Davis

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

At the dawn of the 1950s, the Weiss brothers, who owned a pressing plant, founded Fantasy Records to take over...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021

Review of Michael Janisch: Worlds Collide

Michael Janisch: Worlds Collide

Andrew Bain | Clarence Penn | George Crowley | Jason Palmer | John Escreet | John O'Gallagher | Michael Janisch | Rez Abassi

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings (CD)

Rating: ★★★★

Janisch enjoys considerable kudos as the founder and head of the dynamic independent record label Whirlwind Recordings, but that should...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019

Review of Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell

Angel Air

Rating: ★★★

The easy headline with The Last Call is that this is Coryell's last concert recording; within weeks he was dead....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Review of Miles Davis: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Miles Davis: North Sea Legendary Concerts

Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Danilo Pérez | Gary Willis | Herbie Hancock | Mitchel Forman | Tom Brechtlein | Wayne Shorter

North Sea Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This concert was recorded on 13th July 1985, when Miles Davis opened the second day (Saturday) of the North Sea...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

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