Review of Various Artists: Jazz On Film: Beat, Square & Cool

Various Artists: Jazz On Film: Beat, Square & Cool

André Previn | Billy Strayhorn | Charles Mingus | Coleman Hawkins | Duke Ellington | Franz Waxman | Freddie Redd | Gerry Mulligan | Jackie McLean | Johnny Mandel

Moochinabout Moochin02

Rating: ★★★★

Going on with the flow from last year's 5-CD box set of jazz-based Film Noir soundtracks, Jazzwise's film music chauffeur...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Sonny Rollins: And The Big Brass, Trio and Quintet

Sonny Rollins: And The Big Brass, Trio and Quintet

Alan Dawson | Billy Byers | Billy Higgins | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dick Katz | Don Butterfield | Ernie Royal | Ernie Wilkins | Frank Rehak

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★

While there are perhaps no absolute classics, here is an interesting overview of one of Rollins's best and most prolific...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2012

Review of Madison Carter: Polymorphic

Madison Carter: Polymorphic

Flora Carbo | Imogen Cygler | Jessica Lindsay Smith | Massillon Carter | Niran Dasika

Earshift Music

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Dave Brubeck Quartet: Birdland 1951-52 & Newport 1955

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Birdland 1951-52 & Newport 1955

Bob Bates | Chet Baker | Clifford Brown | Dave Brubeck | Gerry Mulligan | Herb Barman | Joe Dodge | Joe Morello | Max Roach | Paul Desmond

Solar Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is rare and valuable Brubeck; the sessions from Birdland were taken off the air by Boris Rose, who recorded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2016

Review of Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

Alan Hampton | Algebra Blessett | Anthony Diamond | Becca Stevens | Billy Hart | Chris Turner | Corey King | Daniel VLake | Darren Barrett | Esperanza Spalding

Heads Up

Rating: ★★★★

The New Seekers might have wanted to “teach the world to sing” but here on her fourth and most ambitious...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2012

Review of Duke Ellington/Charlie Mingus/Max Roach: Money Jungle

Duke Ellington/Charlie Mingus/Max Roach: Money Jungle

Charles Mingus | Duke Ellington | Max Roach

Blue Note Tone Poet

Rating: ★★★★★

Along with the output of Bill Evans' great but short-lived group with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, Money Jungle is...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2020

Review of Janel & Anthony: New Moon In An Evil Age

Janel & Anthony: New Moon In An Evil Age

Anthony Pirog | Devin Hoff | Dr Ali Analouei | Janel Leppin

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★

Here's a pair of very different releases from the wondrous Cuneiform label, both of them featuring cellist Janel Leppin and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2024

Review of Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017

Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017

Anthony Braxton

Firehouse

Rating: ★★★★

The montage of pictures of Anthony Braxton on the sleeve of his 1969 album B-X0 NO-47A is noteworthy. In one...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

Review of Album Interview: Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6

Album Interview: Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6

Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Wynton Kelly

Columbia/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Having recorded Giant Steps in March and December 1959, John Coltrane was poised to leave the Miles Davis Quintet to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Review of Loose Tubes: Säd Afrika

Loose Tubes: Säd Afrika

Ashley Slater | Chris Batchelor | Dai Pritchard | Dave Powell | Django Bates | Eddie Parker | Iain Ballamy | John Harborne | John Parricelli | Julian Nicholas

Lost Marbles

Rating: ★★★★

“When I hear the first bars of ‘Säd Afrika’ I could be back at Ronnie's, feeling the crackle of excitement...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

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