Maynard Ferguson: MF Horn/MF Horn2/MFHorn3
The letters MF were of course Maynard Ferguson’s initials, but their secondary adjectival meaning also fitted the extrovert Canadian’s prowess...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2013
Nikos Chatzitsakos: Tiny Big Band 2
Chatzitsakos is a Greek bassist with a deep and abiding love of American jazz. He left Berklee as a summa...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2024
Sun Ra: At The Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-77
Two very different Record Store Day releases from the Saturnic Mr Ra, both featuring previously unheard music and both revealing...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2024
Lakecia Benjamin: Pursuance: The Coltranes
New York City altoist Lakecia Benjamin has assembled an intergenerational all-star cast for this tribute to Alice and John Coltrane,...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020
Stanley Clarke: The Complete Epic Albums Collection
Complete, but no more than that: where many box sets throw in extra tracks and sleeve notes, all you get...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013
Max Roach Quartet: Nommo
Billy Harper | Cecil Bridgewater | Max Roach | Reggie Workman
In the 1970s, many American jazz musicians who resisted getting into fusion or free-jazz, in favour of a more purist...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2016
Blue Mitchell: Bantu Village
No clearer indication of the trumpeter’s funky soul jazz inclinations can be found than the opener ‘H.N.I.C’, which is a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2011
Cecilia Smith: The Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project Volume 1
This fabulous album from vibist, composer, arranger and Artistic Director of the Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project, Cecilia Smith, is...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023
Duncan Lamont Big Band: As If By Magic…
The background to this highly welcome release is explained in the booklet essay by writer David McKee. Back in 2011,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2017
Graham Bond: Live At The BBC And Other Stories
Jack Bruce once revealed that in reality Cream was the Ornette Coleman Trio, but neither he or Ginger Baker ever...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016
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