Catherine Russell: Harlem On My Mind

Alphonso Horne | Andy Farber | Catherine Russell | Dan Block | Fred Staton | John Allred | Jon-Erik Kellso | Mark Leperman | Mark McLean | Mark Shane

Vocalist Russell is the daughter of distinguished parents. Her father was pianist Luis Russell and her mother bassist/vocalist Carline Ray....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2017

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: In Concert ‘62

Art Blakey | Cedar Walton | Curtis Fuller | Freddie Hubbard | Jymie Merritt | Wayne Shorter

Booklet writer Neil Tesser argues that this was the Jazz Messengers’ strongest line-up ever, and with such stellar players, who...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2023

Caine, McBride, Questlove: The Philadelphia Experiment: 20th Anniversary Edition

Christian McBride | Questlove | Uri Caine

Twenty years ago, the release of this celebration of the city of brotherly love by three of its most illustrious...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2021

Sonny Stitt: Only The Blues

Herb Ellis | Jimmy Jones | Jo Jones | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Roy Eldridge | Sonny Stitt | Stan Levey

Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt may have both drunk from the same well, but you could never mistake ...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Daniel Herskedal: Call for Winter

Daniel Herskedal

When an instrument not usually associated with improvisation is introduced into jazz, it is usually regarded as something of a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020

John Stubblefield: Prelude

Cecil Bridgewater | Cecil McBee | James Mtume | Joe Chambers | John Stubblefield | Onaja Allen Gumbs

The playing on this record is so fresh it's hard to accept that it was made 36 years ago. Every...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Allan Harris: Kate's Soulfood

Allan Harris | Arcoiris Sandoval | David Castañeda | Nimrod Speaks | Shirazette Tinnin

Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Allan Harris returns with a stirring, singularly personal paean to Harlem and in particular...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2021

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: St. Peter and 57th Street

Allen Toussaint | Ben Jaffe | Blind Boys of Alabama | Charlie Gabriel | Del McCoury band | Del McCoury Band | Frank Desmond | Freddie Lonzo | George Wein | Givers

I'm writing this based on a promo copy, having elicited the information shown above from the UK PR company handling...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Modern Jazz Quartet: Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

Four of the MJQ's most celebrated albums from their Atlantic period come together in this set, with the two volumes...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Dizzy Reece: The Complete Recordings 1954-62

Allan Ganley | Art Taylor | Ashley Kozak | Benny Goodman | Bill Eyden | Cecil Payne | Charlie Persip | Dave Goldberg | Derek Humble | Derek Smith

Musicians such as Joe Harriott, Harold McNair, Bogey Gaynair and, in this instance, Dizzy Reece injected the local scene with...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013