Review of John Pizzarelli: Rockin' In Rhythm

John Pizzarelli: Rockin' In Rhythm

Aaron Weinstein | Andy Fusco | Bucky Pizzarelli | Harry Allen | Jessica Molaskey | John Mosca | John Pizzarelli | Kenny Berger | Kurt Elling | Larry Fuller

Telarc

Rating: ★★★

Pizzarelli is a poster-boy for the new mainstream, a personable vocalist and guitarist who flits easily between the parallel worlds...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010

Review of Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis: Con-Soul & Jazz/Wild Bill Is Boss!

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis: Con-Soul & Jazz/Wild Bill Is Boss!

Billy Butler | Grady Tate | Grant Green | Johnny Hodges | Kenny Burrell | Les Spann | Milt Hinton | Mundell Lowe | Osie Johnson | Wild Bill Davis

Phono

Rating: ★★★★

Subtitled ‘The Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Project’, these four individual CDs (one is a double) corral eight original albums –...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Les Spann & Mundell Lowe:

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Les Spann & Mundell Lowe:

Billy Butler | Grady Tate | Grant Green | Johnny Hodges | Kenny Burrell | Les Spann | Milt Hinton | Mundell Lowe | Osie Johnson | Wild Bill Davis

Phono

Rating: ★★★★

Subtitled ‘The Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Project’, these four individual CDs (one is a double) corral eight original albums –...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels

Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels

Abbey Lincoln | Benny Bailey | Booker Little | Charles Mingus | Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Knepper | Jo Jones | Julian Priester | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

This latest Candid remastered CD and LP stands up well in musical terms, with its backstory and its stylistically mixed...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2024

Review of Gene Ammons’ All Stars: Complete Recordings With Jackie Mclean & Mal Waldron

Gene Ammons’ All Stars: Complete Recordings With Jackie Mclean & Mal Waldron

Addison Farmer | Art Farmer | Art Taylor | Candido Camero | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Duke Jordan | Gene Ammons | Idrees Sulieman | Jackie McLean

Fresh Sounds

Rating: ★★★

Gene Ammons may have been one of Prestige Records’ cash cows – responsible for shifting shed loads of albums, but...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2015

Review of Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: Bird And Diz

Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: Bird And Diz

Al Haig | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curly Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Teddy Kotick | Thelonious Monk

Bird's Nest

Rating: ★★★★

As a neat counterpart to the Dial and Savoy reissues reviewed above, this single CD covers what one might call...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020

Review of Sonny Red: Quartet, Quintet & Sextet (2-CDs)

Sonny Red: Quartet, Quintet & Sextet (2-CDs)

Albert “Tootie” Heath | Art Davis | Barry Harris | Blue Mitchell | Bob Cranshaw | Cedar Walton | Clifford Jordan | Elvin Jones | George Tucker | Grant Green

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

It goes without saying that virtually every altoist in the late-1940s and 50s was infl uenced to some extent by...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

Review of Annie Ross/Christopher Logue/Tony Kinsey Quintet: Loguerhythms – Songs From The Establishment

Annie Ross/Christopher Logue/Tony Kinsey Quintet: Loguerhythms – Songs From The Establishment

Annie Ross | Bill Le Sage | Blossom Dearie | Brian Brocklehurst | Christopher Logue | Gordon Beck | Johnny Scott | Ken Wray | Kenny Clarke | Kenny Napper

Editor's Choice

EL Records

Rating: ★★★★

The rating here is specifically for those tracks that features La Ross hand-in-glove with Tony Kinsey's vibrant Quintet interpreting charts...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Review of Charlie Parker: Bird and Diz

Charlie Parker: Bird and Diz

Al Haig | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curly Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Teddy Kotick | Thelonious Monk

Bird's Nest

Rating: ★★★★

Mainly from 6 June, 1950, with Monk and Buddy Rich, this includes material not on the original LP, but frequently...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2020

Review of Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends

Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends

Bobby Durham | Ed Thigpen | Louis Hayes | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Sam Jones

MPS

Rating: ★★★★★

The six-volume Exclusively For My Friends set forged new standards of sound recording when it was originally released on vinyl...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

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