Bing Crosby: CBS Radio Recordings 1954-56

Abe Lincoln | Buddy Weed | Clyde Hurley | Crosby | Don Whitaker | Fred Falensby | Matty Matlock | Nick Fatool | Vince Terri

Crosby was such an icon of middle-of-the-road entertainment that it's difficult to remember he started as a rhythm singer who,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2010

Mumpbeak

Lorezo Feliciati | Pat Mastelotto | Roy Powell | Shanir Blumenkranz | Tony Levin

Mumpbeak, down to that silly name, fit squarely into the RareNoise grab bag: anyone familiar and beloved of Brit progrock...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014

Louis Armstrong All Stars: Stuttgart 1959

It seems almost every All Stars concert was being recorded at this time. This is better-then-average, with the Trummy and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Miroslav Vitous: Journey's End

John Surman | John Taylor | Jon Christensen | Miroslav Vitous

Some may lament Kenny Kirkland's replacement by John Taylor in this band, something like Vitous' third quartet recording on ECM....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2019

Little North: Finding Seagulls

This young Danish trio have some of the contemplative and minimalistic aspects of Nordic-toned jazz but without the sombre attitude;...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Houston Person & Ron Carter: Chemistry

Houston Person | Ron Carter

Believe it or not, this is their fifth album together as a duo since 1990. And it's one of the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2016

Modern Jazz Quartet: NDR 60 Years Jazz Edition No. 04 28 October 1957, Hanover

Connie Kay | John Lewis | Milt Jackson | Percy Heath

This most welcome release slips in perfectly with the Lost Tapes Germany 1956-58 (SWR Music 101 731), which I recently...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2014

Roy Eldridge-Richie Kamuca Quintet: At The Half Note

Dick Katz | Don Moore | Eddie Locke | Jimmy Witherspoon | Richie Kamuca | Roy Eldridge | Tommy Potter

Following much high-profile work on the West Coast, notably with the large combos of Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs and Shorty...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018

Gregory Porter/Donald Smith/Mansur Scott: Great Voices of Harlem

Donald Smith | Gregory Porter | Mansur Scott | Paul Zauner's Blue Brass

Instigated and produced by Austrian trombonist and bandleader Paul Zauner, the aesthetic heart of this terrific album lies in Harlem's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2014

Oriole: Every New Day

Adriano Adewale | Ben Davis | Idris Rahman | Ingrid Laubrock | Jonny Phillips | Nick Ramm | Ruth Goller | Seb Rochford

Jonny Phillips' Oriole is one of the only surviving line-ups from the bands that made up the first flowerings of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012