Herb Ellis: Softly But With That Feeling/Thank You Charlie Christian
Ellis, who died only two years ago, aged 88, is best remembered for his effective stint with the Oscar Peterson...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2012
Grant Green: The 1961 Summer Sessions
It was Elvis Presley’s corrupt dollar-grabbing manager Colonel Tom Parker who reasoned that why sell something once when it was...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
The Heavy Hitters
This record's title sounds like it might adorn the kind of all-star session that Pablo specialised in during the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2023
Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music
The first six titles were originally released on a small LA label called Jazz West, which I remember being very...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011
John Coltrane and Friends: Sideman: Trane's Blue Note Sessions
Representing a sensible way of mining the archive and sticking to tried and tested names this compilation contains every note...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Conrad Herwig – Igor Butman: Reflections
Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis
This is trombonist Herwig's tenth leader album for Criss Cross and the playing really is as good as it gets....
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016
Zoot Sims: Zoot Sims Quartet
It's a given that Zoot Sims is on top of his game during these two performance taped at the famed...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2013
Thelonious Monk: Plays Duke Ellington:The Trio and Solo Sets
Monk’s 1955 Riverside trio set became a watershed for his profile since, though he had already recorded a few standards...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020
Andy Milne & Dapp Theory: Forward In All Directions
It's now 16 years since the New York-based pianist formed Dapp Theory and it's to his credit that this latest...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014
Adam Kolker: Reflections
Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis
The imaginative ex-Ray Barretto lyrical multi-reedsman is an established figure in New York's contemporary jazz scene....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016
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