Various Artists: So Much, So Quickly: British Modern Jazz Pianists 1948-62

Alan Branscombe | Bill Le Sage | Brian Dee | Colin Purbrook | Damian Robinson | Dave Lee | Derek Smith | Dill Jones | Dizzy Reece | Don Rendell

Acrobat (with the aid of researcher-writer Simon Spillett) have done it again. Here's a 24-track compilation that just keeps giving....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2018

Jim Black: Malamute

Chris Tordini | Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Óskar Guðjónsson

Jim Black emerged in New York's downtown scene of the 1990s, playing alongside Dave Douglas and Tim Berne. He went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2017

Illinois Jacquet: Swing's The Thing

A fine session originally on Verve, with Roy Eldridge sparring along with Jacquet, and neatly backed by pianist Jimmy Jones...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2013

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson: Very Tall

Art Blakey | Cannonball Adderley | Ed Thigpen | Frank Foster | Horace Silver | Joe Newman | Milt Jackson | Oscar Peterson | Percy Heath | Quincy Jones

At one time or another Oscar Peterson threw his considerable (musical) might behind almost every jazz giant of note. Here...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2012

Benet McLean: Green Park

Benet Mclean | Benet McLean | Duncan Eagles | Liam Dunachie | Rio Kai | Zoé Pascal

As a young man, Benet McLean was tutored by none other than Yehudi Menuhin; perhaps he was the one who...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024

Mark Winkler: The Rules Don’t Apply

Bob Sheppard | Brian Swartz | Clayton Cameron | Dan Lutz | Dan Schnell | Danny Janklow | Errol Roden | Gabe Davis | George Doering | Grant Geissman

In 1972 Mark Winkler auditioned for the nascent Steely Dan, but Donald Fagen wasn’t keen and, with great reluctance, ended...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2024

John Coltrane: The Complete Sun Ship Session

Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner

Recently released on double CD in the USA by Verve/Impulse! and now available in a lip-smacking limited edition triple vinyl...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2014

Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead

Chris Potter | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Elliot Bennett | James Toll | Jasper Høiby | Jenni Curiel | Jon Visanji | Linda Kidwell | Lionel Handy

Eight years since their initial emergence and five releases in, Slowly Rolling Camera have been characterised at various points in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2021

David Murray: The Complete Black Saint And Soul Note Recordings Volume 2

Dave Burrell | David Murray | Ed Blackwell | Fred Hopkins | Joe Chambers | John Hicks | Kahil El'Zabar | Monika Larsson | Ralph Peterson | Rashied Ali

Needless to say, the tenor saxophonist has recorded enough for box sets to be issued every other month, so it...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Bobby Scott/Larry Elgart: Joyful Noises/The City

Fascinating third stream from multiinstrumentalist Scott and big bands directed by Quincy Jones and Elgart, making this an album worth...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2016