London Afrobeat Collective: Esengo
London Afrobeat Collective have been distilling the essence of the UK's culturally diverse capital for 15 years now, flying their...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2024
John Lewis: Before The MJQ: Early Years 1946-52
The figure of John Lewis is so wedded to the Modern Jazz Quartet that it’s an interesting project to group...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022
Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Grant Green: Joe's Blues
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
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
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
Jimmy Smith: Sit On It
A late-vintage Smith twofer, which won't have fans of Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise rushing to buy it, but if you're...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012
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
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