Sean Khan Presents the Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble: Volume 1

Andy Noble | Danny Keane | Dave Pegg | Gerry Diver | Jacqui McShee | Kindelan | Laurie Lowe | Max Baillie | Mirko Scarcia | Miya Vaisanen

Jazz and folk have always danced together, and Khan celebrates that alliance with a special focus on great singer-songwriters of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2024

Kathrine Windfield Big Band: Aircraft

Danish pianist-composer Kathrine Windfield fronts a high-spirited contemporary swinging Euro jazz ensemble with Cannonball Adderley, Dave Holland and Kenny Wheeler...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Duke Ellington: Highlights of the Great 1940-1942 Band

One or two European reissues aside, RCA's own CDs of the Blanton-Webster band largely suffered from poor sound quality, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Flip Phillips: The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-56

Al Porcino | Allen Smith | Alvin Stoller | Barney Kessel | Bennie Green | Bill Harris | Billy Bauer | Billy Butterfield | Buddy DeFranco | Buddy Morrow

The apparent discrepancy between the dates in the title of this album and the dates of recording are because this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2023

Milt Jackson: Statements/vibrations

Jackson was still touring with Hank Jones in the 1990s, and the magic of the Statements album was still there,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Basak Yavuz: Things…

A young Istanbul-based vocalist is joined by one of her mentors Dave Liebman for her debut and sings Turkish originals...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Stan Getz: Live at Sir Morgan's Cove 1973

Some fine moments from Dave Holland and Billy Hart as well as the leader, but poor balance and the perils...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2011

Charlie Parker: Five Classic Albums

Al Haig | Art Taylor | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Lamond | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

The second half of Parker’s studio output was all done for Norman Granz, including the famous Afro-Latin sessions that are...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020

John Coltrane: European Tour 1961 featuring Eric Dolphy

Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

Although Eric Dolphy had been friendly with Coltrane in Los Angeles since the 1950s, it was not until a cross...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

De Groote-Faes Duo: Symphony For Two Little Boys

A mostly unexceptional melodiously atmospheric rock/klezmer-infuenced Belgian bass-electric guitar duo with a guest contribution from trumpeter Dave Douglas....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017