Kenny Burrell: Tenderly

This tasteful album is the first solo-guitar outing in Kenny Burrell's long archive, a surprising fact since for many years...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2020

Albert Heath: Kwanza (The First)

Albert Heath | Curtis Fuller | Jimmy Heath | Kenny Barron | Percy Heath | Ted Dunbar

Although something of a divide opened up between fusion and bebop in the early 1970s, they were never mutually exclusive,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015

John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell: Complete Studio Sessions

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Horace Silver | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones

John Coltrane and Kenny Burrell's association on the bandstand goes back to their time with the Dizzy Gillespie band in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

Kenny Werner: The Space

Kenny Werner

The name of Werner’s latest album derives from a chapter in his famous self-help book Effortless Mastery, whereby ‘the space’...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Feb/2019

Kenny Wheeler: Six for Six

Bobby Wellins | Chris Laurence | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Martin France | Stan Sulzmann

There’s not much to add to what’s already been written about Kenny Wheeler, the Canadian-by-birth, British-by-adoption composer/band leader/trumpeter and flugelhornist,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2013

Kenny Drew: Four Classic Albums Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio/This Is New/Talkin' & Walkin'/Pal Joey

Art Blakey | Curly Russell | Donald Byrd | G.T. Hogan | Hank Mobley | Joe Maini | Kenny Drew | Lawrence Marable | Leroy Vinnegar | Philly Joe Jones

Though he recorded in the region of four-dozen albums under his own name, nowadays Kenny Drew is perhaps best known...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

Kenny Baker: Live at the BBC 1957

Bill Le Sage | Derek Collins | Derek Smith | George Chisholm | Harry Hayes | Harry Klein | Keith Bird | Keith Christie | Kenny Baker | Lennie Bush

In his latter years, Kenny Baker reformed the Dozen, and played several festivals and some residencies at the then flourishing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song

Bill Frisell | Dave Holland | Kenny Wheeler | Lee Konitz

Wheeler once told me that the Angel Song album took shape out of a series of discussions he had with...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024

Kenny Burrell: Special Requests (and other Favorites) – Live at Catalina's

Clayton Cameron | Justo Almario | Kenny Burrell | Tom Ranier | Tony Dumas

Playing old favourites such as ‘Killer Joe’ and ‘Make Someone Happy’, newer numbers such as ‘Generation’ and audience requests like...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2013

Kenny Werner Trio: Animal Crackers

Ari Hoenig | Johannes Weidenmueller | Kenny Werner

So the Pirouet label resurfaces after time out, flying home on the wings of one of their favourite pianists. This...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018