Louis Armstrong: Satchmo: Ambassador Of Jazz

Louis Armstrong

Where do you start? Well, this Universal compilation starts with Louis’ recording debut in the Oliver band, and continues right...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2011

Buddy Rich: Mr Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-1955

Bud Powell Trio | Buddy Rich | Buddy Rich & His Orchestra | Buddy Rich All Stars | Buddy Rich Quintet | Charlie Parker Quartet | Charlie Parker Quintet | Charlie Ventura’s Big Four | Count Basie Octet | Count Basie Sextet

I last collared a set like this in 2008 when Proper released Strike It Rich!, a 4-CD compilation; this time...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2022

Art Pepper: Blues For The Fisherman

Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Elvin Jones | George Cables | George Mraz | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas

When, in 1975, troubled Art Pepper came in from the cold for the very last time, he proceeded to tape...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Blossom Dearie: Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years 1966-1970

Allan Ganley | Arthur Watts | Blossom Dearie | Brian Gascoigne | Daryl Runswick | David Snell | Derek Grossmith | Freddie Logan | Harold McNair | Ian Carr

Blossom Dearie’s professional life can be divided into several periods, from her early days in New York, via a stay...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023

AustraLYSIS: Dualling

Greg White | Hazel Smith | Phil Slater | Roger Dean | Sandy Evans

As I have previously flagged up in these pages, the Australian jazz scene (largely, but by no means totally, concentrated...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024

Joe Turner: The Boss Of The Blues: Joe Turner Sings Kansas City Jazz

Cliff Leeman | Frank Wess | Freddie Green | Jimmy Nottingham | Joe Newman | Joe Turner | Lawrence Brown | Pete Brown | Pete Johnson | Seldon Powell

South London's Pure Pleasure label has, for years now, been doing jazz lovers a massive service with its (often) all-analogue...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2023

Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Compassion

Alvin Queen | Charles Tolliver | Nathan Page | Steve Novosel

During its lifetime, Charles Tolliver and the late Stanley Cowell's legendary Strata-East label released some of the very best jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2021

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time OutTakes: Previously Unreleased Takes from the Original 1959 Sessions

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Time Out, lest anybody needs reminding, was the first platinum-selling album in jazz, and the 45 rpm single from it,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: The Concert at The Pleyel, Paris 1958

Britt Woodman | Clark Terry | Duke Ellington | Fats Ford | Harold Baker | Harry Carney | Jimmy Hamilton | Jimmy Johnson | Jimmy Woode | John Sanders

Although the liner notes do not say, the 1958 Pleyel concert took place on 20 November and was probably televised...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2013

Miles Davis Quintet: Four Classic Albums

This famous material was last reissued as recently as last year, and reviewed enthusiastically in Jazzwise 242. That release on...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020