The Rempis/Daisy Duo: Second Spring

The feral tenor horn player Dave Rempis, an ex-member of Chicago's The Vandermark Five, and the drummer Tim Daisy join...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Matt Ulery: By a Little Light

A two-disc set by a Chicago-based chamber septet composer-bassist with some traits of the release label's owner Dave Douglas' work,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Lorraine Feather: Attachments

The journalist’s daughter, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter takes a conversational, Joni Mitchell-ish approach to originals in a band featuring Russell Ferrante, Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Dinah Washington: The Swingin' Miss D

One of the must-have Washington collections, with a few extra tracks than the legitimate Verve reissue, this has her accompanied...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Milt Jackson: Quintet and Sextet with Lucky Thompson

Melange of 1950s dates from Savoy and Atlantic, this has Bags in fi ne form, sparring mainly with Hank Jones,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Billy Eckstine: Four Classic Albums Plus

The best of ‘B’ from 1957-1961, of which the Basie and Quincy Jones collaborations are highlights, during what has to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Chet Baker: The Thrill Is Gone

A good 3CD anthology of Baker's work, including a Mulligan reunion – the real Interest here being lesser-known mid- late...

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

Various Artists: West Side Story – Jazz Impressions

Musicians from André Previn to Dave Brubeck and from Annie Ross to Marian McPartland interpret the Bernstein score for West...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015

Phil Haynes: Sanctuary

An engaging solo drums recording that's like a softly percussive version of Sanchez' Birdman. The drummer is an experienced veteran...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Frank Foster: The Loud Minority

Airto Moreira | Cecil Bridgewater | Charles McGee | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Dick Griffin | Earl Dunbar | Elvin Jones | Frank Foster | Gene Perla | Harold Mabern

Although best-known as one of the stars of the Basie band, Foster was also a fine composer, as ‘Shiny Stockings’...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2014