The Bad Plus: Activate Infinity

Dave King | Orrin Evans | Reid Anderson

Few jazz ensembles can be identified as instantaneously as The Bad Plus. There are even fewer that can replace a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Dave Bailey: The Complete 1 & 2 Feet In The Gutter Sessions

Bailey's sextet sessions for Epic were particularly showcases for the late Clark Terry, who stamps his personality indelibly on this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960

Art Taylor | Barney Wilen | Charlie Rouse | Sam Jones | Thelonious Monk

The chance finding of tapes held by the late music producer Marcel Romano in 2014 has enabled Monk's soundtrack recordings...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2017

Jazz Plus Ensemble: Collective

Alastair Martin | Alexander Astbury | Chris Jones | Daniel Garel, | David Sear, | Felicity Evans | Joey Penaliggon | John Somerton | Jonathan Berry | Josephine Colter

This youthful big band drawn from across the UK is part of the work of the Jazz Plus organisation, dedicated...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2020

Maynard Ferguson: M. F. Horn 4 & 5 - Live at Jimmy's

Andy Macintosh | Bob Summers | Bruce Johnstone | Danny Cahn | Ferdinand Povel | Gragam Ellis | John De Flon | Lin Biviano | Maynard Ferguson | Pete Jackson

As is often the case, the flawless execution of Maynard Ferguson’s large band belies the fact that it was recorded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Phil Netherwitton's Temperature Control: The Sidcup Sessions: Vol. 1

Cliff Purbeck | Dave Satchel | Flip Hickwick | Phil Netherwitton | Richmond Dunckley

“We'd all been listening to stuff like In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Then Weather Report came along around...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: July/2017

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Liederhalle Stuttgart 1967

Buster Cooper | Cat Anderson | ChuckConnors | Cootie Williams | Duke Ellington | Harry Carney | Herbie Jones | Jimmy Hamilton | John Lamb | Johnny Hodges

The Duke Ellington Orchestra’s European tour of 1967 has already generated a generous spread of bootleg discs, but perhaps none...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2020

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow

Brandon Seabrook | Dave Taylor | Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Steven Bernstein

Like the musical lovechild of Billy Jenkins, John Zorn and Frank Zappa, MOPDTK are spunky satirists looking to provide an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Charlie Watts: Anthology

Alan Skidmore | Annie Whitehead | Anthony Kerr | Bernard Fowler | Bill Eyden | Bill Lesage | Bobby Wellins | Brian Lemon | Charlie Watts | Chris Pyne

During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023

The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman

Dave King | Ethan Iverson | Joshua Redman | Reid Anderson

If we were to look at the career trajectories of both Redman and Bad Plus, we would see in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015