Various Artists: Journeys in Modern Jazz: Britain (1965-1972)
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
Chet Baker/Wolfgang Lackerschmid: Artists Favor
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
David Weiss & Point Of Departure: Venture Inward
David Weiss | Jamire Williams | JD Allen | Luques Curtis | Nir Felder
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
Afro Horn: MX
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
Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!
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
Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: Bird And Diz
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
John Pizzarelli: Rockin' In Rhythm
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
Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis: Con-Soul & Jazz/Wild Bill Is Boss!
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
Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Les Spann & Mundell Lowe:
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
Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels
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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