Wolf & Clark: Expedition 2
Christian McBride | Darryl Johns | Hailey Niswanger | Michael Wolff | Mike Clark | Wallace Roney
The Wolf/Clark nexus is the heart of this album, as the splendidly energetic opening duet of ‘Clark Bar’ attests. ‘Gingerbread...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015
Ornette Coleman: Original Album Series: The Shape Of Jazz To Come/Change Of The Century/This Is Our Music/Free Jazz/Orne
Although his work for Impulse, Blue Note, Columbia, Flying Dutchman and his own Harmolodic label should by no means be...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2011
Various Artists: Great Jazz – The First Ladies of Jazz and Swing
Given that the cover of Jazzwise 300 carried the strapline ‘Women In Jazz Now’, this lively compendium by Upbeat compiler...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/2024
Grant Green: First Recordings
Elvin Jones | Gene Ramey | Grant Green | Harold Mabern | Jimmy Forrest
As every jazz historian will tell you, a shedload of momentous recordings were made in 1959, including Kind Of Blue,...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013
Grant Green: Nigeria
Art Blakey | Grant Green | Sam Jones | Sonny Clark
I'm suddenly beginning to feel a distinct kinship with The Flying Dutchman. While he was doomed to forever sail the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Barney Kessel: To Swing or Not to Swing
His nimble solos sound a little lightweight now, but in the early-1950s, with Kenny Burrell yet to reignite with Jimmy...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2012
Knut Rössler and Johannes Vogt: Octagon: Between the Times
Günter Lenz | Johannes Vogt | Knut Rössler | Ute Kreidler | Werner Goos
No one could accuse ACT boss Siggi Loch of going for the easy sell. Knut Rössler and Johannes Vogt's previous...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2010
Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4
The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Freddie Gavita: Transient
Calum Gourlay | Freddie Gavita | James Maddren | Tom Cawley
Freddie Gavita is a trumpeter/flugelhornist who's been turning heads as a member of Ronnie Scott's quintet and orchestra as well...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Bill Evans: Tales: Live in Copenhagen, 1964
Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Eddie Gomez | Larry Bunker | Marty Morell
It’s not often that a recording comes along from over half a century ago that has never been released before,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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