Review of Various Artists: Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)

Various Artists: Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)

Alan Skidmore | Colin Bates | Dick Morrissey | Don Rendell | Harry Beckett | John Surman | John Warren | Ken Wheeler | Michael Garrick | Michel Gibbs

Editor's Choice

Decca

Rating: ★★★★

This two CD or double gatefold LP set takes up where Universal's Impressed Repressed series left off in 2004-5. That...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021

Review of Chet Baker/Wolfgang Lackerschmid: Artists Favor

Chet Baker/Wolfgang Lackerschmid: Artists Favor

Buster Williams | Chet Baker | Edir dos Santos | Gunter Lenz | Larry Coryell | Nicola Stlo | Peri dos Santos | Rocky Knauer | Tony Williams | Wolfgang Lackerschmid

Hipjazz

Rating: ★★

Once he was cut loose from Pacific Jazz and left to fend for himself (mainly) in Europe, there was absolutely...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2015

Review of David Weiss & Point Of Departure: Venture Inward

David Weiss & Point Of Departure: Venture Inward

David Weiss | Jamire Williams | JD Allen | Luques Curtis | Nir Felder

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

Trumpeter David Weiss' current projects include the excellent Cookers, which features serious 1970s era musicians like Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2013

Review of Afro Horn: MX

Afro Horn: MX

Alex Harding | Aruán Ortiz | Francisco Mora Catlett | JD Allen | Rashaan Carter | Roman Diaz | Vincent Bowens

AACE

Rating: ★★★★

Outstanding Mexican percussionist Mora Catlett (no relation to Big Sid!) was a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra from 1973-80, who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Review of Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bernard Purdie | Bily Nichols | Charlie Brown | Gordon Edwards | Harold Wheeler | Norman Pride | Ted Dunbar | Tippy Larkin | Warren Daniels

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

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 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

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