Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Challenge
Challenge is one of the key documents of the 1960s UK free improvisation movement and an important insight into the...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Mal Waldron: Four Classic Albums
New Yorker Waldron (1925-2002) had a two-part career. Initially, he worked in and around NYC with some of the leading...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024
Miles Davis: Davis' Cup
I'm beginning to wonder if I ought to just file a template review of any release on AJC, into which...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019
Chet Baker: The Lyrical Trumpet Of Chet Baker
Since slipping into the public domain, the ‘lyrical’ tracks keep popping up in various guises almost to the point of...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Dexter Gordon: Go! + A Swingin‘ Affair
Oh dear. This is the sort of set that presents a reviewer with a moral dilemma. Should he or she...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2019
Art Blakey: The Complete Columbia And RCA Albums Collection:
The whole mythology that’s attached to Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers essentially revolves around the numerous albums they recorded for Blue...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016
Various Artists: Soho Scene ’57: Jazz Goes Mod
In the latest of these valuable compilations, the focus is on the contrasting UK and US modern jazz scenes as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Dave Pike: Four Album Classics
Vibist Dave Pike began his career on the West Coast during the 1950s, working with the likes of Elmo Hope,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
John Coltrane: Blue Train + Lush Life
In the past 20 years, there have been several reissues of this classic on its original Blue Note label including...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017
John Coltrane: Coltrane Time
Recorded on 13 October 1958, Coltrane Time album originally appeared on the United Artists label as Stereo Drive under Cecil...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014
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