Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face
It is always good when an international jazz collaboration is preserved on a recording that shows clearly what each side...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Coleman Hawkins: Mr Bean
The blindfolded man with a hat pin strikes again on this 3CD retrospective. Coleman Hawkins first appeared on record in...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven
The last time I reviewed most of this music was when these ground– breaking small-group sessions for OKeh were combined...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016
Various Artists: Actions For Free Jazz
The phrase ‘Actions For Free Jazz' – pinched from Don Cherry and Krystzof Penderecki's ‘Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra' –...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021
Extra Large Unit: More Fun, Please
Just when you thought Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit couldn't get any larger, here it's swollen from its usual formation to...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2018
Mickey Baker: But Wild/Bossa Nova: Collective personnel
Kentucky-born guitarist ‘Mickey’ Baker (1925-2012) saw himself originally as a jazz musician, touring with the likes of Lester Young and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2021
James P Johnson: Classic James P Johnson Sessions (1921-1943)
The granddaddy of jazz piano – mentor of Fats Waller and hero to Thelonious Monk – has received a worthy...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2016
Blossom Dearie: The Early Years Collection 1948-60
There have been various box sets of Blossom Dearie’s material, including a slightly scattershot portfolio of her early work on...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022
Various Artists: Classic Black & White Jazz Sessions
The middle of a World War, during a national shortage of shellac, might seem the craziest time to start a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022
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