Katriona Taylor: Blind Passion
There's a long tradition of blind and visually-impaired jazz musicians, from Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano and George Shearing through to...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: May/2021
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings
Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Hank Jones | Roger Kellaway
When in 1954, Clifford Brown moved from Blue Note to Mercury his new label realised that they had acquired a...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015
Charles Lloyd: 8: Kindred Spirits Live from the Lobero
Charles Lloyd has been an unacknowledged genius working in plain sight for far too long. Ever since his remarkable series...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020
Art Blakey: Blues March
This appears to have been compiled by a blindfolded man with a large hatpin. Is it supposed to be an...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
Donald Byrd: Four Classic Albums
The title of the first of the four Blue Note albums here is apt, as Off To The Races is...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2023
Christine Tobin: Pelt
Referencing blues, folk, jazz and Americana, singer, songwriter and composer Christine Tobin's Pelt completes a dazzling quadriptych of songbook albums...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters
Archie Shepp | Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
On 9 December 1964, Coltrane and his ‘Classic Quartet’ recorded A Love Supreme, which was certified Gold in 2001 for...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Christian McBride: Conversations With Christian McBride
There's not the epic scope of his big band or the knotty intimacy of Inside Straight, but I reckon McBride...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2012
Quadraceratops
Take your eyes off the action on the young jazz scene for one moment and a whole load of new...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
McCoy Tyner: Inception + Reaching Fourth
Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner | Roy Haynes | Steve Davis
Although Inception and Reaching Fourth – both from 1962 – are usually cited as the first and second albums Tyner...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2013
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