Miles Davis Quintet: Amsterdam Concert

Barney Wilen | Kenny Clarke | Miles Davis | Pierre Michelot | René Urtreger

To get the easy bit out of the way first, Quintet & Sextet is a compilation of tracks recorded for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Abbey Lincoln: That's Him

Abbey Lincoln | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Paul Chambers | Sonny Rollins | Wynton Kelly

That's Him was 27-yearold Abbey Lincoln's first recording for Riverside, following her 1956 debut Abbey Lincoln's Affair – A Story...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Stephan Crump: Slow Water

Jacob Garchik | Joanna Mattrey | Kenny Warren | Patricia Brennan | Stephan Crump | Yuniya Edi Kwon

Memphis-raised, Brooklyn-based Crump was the Vijay Iyer Trio’s bassist for 20 years, branching out into deeper explorations of his instrument’s...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2024

Don Rendell Sextet: The Odysseus Suite

Don Rendell | Jack Thorncroft | Michael Garrick | Peter Shade | Stan Robinson | Trevor Tomkins

Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022

ELF: Reflections

Alex Sipiagin | Conrad Herwig | David Kikoski | Igor Butman | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Kenny Davis

Yorkshire-born horn virtuoso Dave Lee is a prominent member of the Michael Nyman Band, as well as having performed at...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2016

Brian Charette: Power from the Air

Brian Charette | Brian Fishler | Itai Kriss | Karel Ruzicka | Kenny Brooks | Mike DiRubbo

Brian Charette keeps you on your toes: last time he was on Steeplechase he was roogalating with a big band:...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2021

Naná Vasconcelos: Saudades

These two facsimile releases of original ECM vinyl, recorded in 1975 and 1979, announce the launch of Luminessence, ECM’s prestigious...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023

Phil Seamen: Seamen's Mission

Albert Hall | Benny Green | Billy Olu Shoanke | Bob Burns | Bobby Lamb | Bobby Pratt | Cliff Townsend | Coleridge Goode | Dave Usden | Derek Humble

Over half the material contained in this indispensible four-CD box was originally created for the Tempo label under the keen-eared...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2011

Andrew Hill: Point of Departure

Andrew Hill | Anthony Williams | Eric Dolphy | Joe Henderson | Kenny Dorham | Richard Davis

Andrew Hill’s reputation in jazz is based on the solid foundations of 12 Blue Note albums he made between 1963...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

Dexter Gordon/Slide Hampton: A Day In Copenhagen

Art Taylor | Dexter Gordon | Dizzy Reece | Kenny Drew | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Slide Hampton

How good it is to have this album in circulation again! Never the best-known of records, it’s probably Gordon’s finest...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2022