Mark de Clive-Lowe/The Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra: Take the Space
This top nu-jazz producer rises to the challenge of putting the lush, Thad Jones-like big band arrangements of this Dutch...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013
Orrin Evans & The Captain Black Big Band: Walk A Mile In My Shoe
A reference to the neurofibramatosis of the left foot from which he has suffered his whole life, A Mile In...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2024
Jon Lucien: I Am Now
Originally released in 1970, Jon Lucien's debut I Am Now veers unpredictably between the great, the overblown and the frankly...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011
Billie Holiday: Four Classic Albums: Second Set
Featuring just under two and a half hours of music, Avid Jazz's 2CD set brings together four albums recorded by...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019
Zoot Sims: Leader & Sideman: Four Classic Albums
A treasure trove for connoisseurs of mainstream-modern groove, this CD-double uncovers four albums – Stretchin' Out, Starring Zoot Sims, Down...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2012
Ego Ella May: Honey For Wounds
Ego Ella May's sophomore album, Honey for Wounds, finds her smooth, sage voice chronicling societal ills and personal heartache in...
Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: July/2020
Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart
It was a slightly bonkers idea, in 1957, to team Tony Bennett with various drummers from Jo Jones to Art...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017
Helen Merrill: Four Classic Albums
Still with us at the time of writing (89 this month), this is Helen Merrill on peak form from 1954-59,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020
Nathaniel Cross: The Description is Not the Described
The debut EP from trombonist, arranger, and composer Nathaniel Cross transcends any singular place or time with gorgeously arranged horns,...
Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: August/2021
Dinah Washington: For Those In Love
An excellent anthology of Dinah Washington's work with Quincy Jones from the mid-1950s, plus some additional live tracks with the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015
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