Ella Fitzgerald: At The Opera House

One of the first lady of jazz's greatest live albums with Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Jo Jones, plus extra...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010

Blossom Dearie: The Early Years Collection 1948-60

Al Haig | Allen Eager | Bennie Green | Benoit Quersin | Bernard Planchenaud | Blossom Dearie | Bob Martin | Bobby Jaspar | Buddy Stewart | Cecil Payne

There have been various box sets of Blossom Dearie’s material, including a slightly scattershot portfolio of her early work on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022

Corrie Dick: Sun Swells

Alice Zawadzki | Corrie Dick | Dave Malkin | Joe Webb | Joe Wright | Laura Jurd | Marianna Sangita | Matt Robinson | Rob Luft | Tom McCredie

Corrie Dick wears his prodigious rhythmic education lightly, having studied with Ghanaian master Sadiq Addy alongside mind-blowing times in Morocco,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Sonny Rollins: A Night At The Village Vanguard

Connie Kay | Donald Bailey | Elvin Jones | John Lewis | Milt Jackson | Percy Heath | Pete La Roca | Sonny Rollins | Wilbur Ware

At the risk of repeating myself (see the last edition of Jazzwise), here's another slice of vinyl opportunism from Jazz...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2019

Warne Marsh

A great showcase for Marsh with Paul Chambers, plus on some tracks Paul Motian and on the rest Philly Joe...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Billie Poole: Sermonette/Confessin’ The Blues

Robust singing from Poole with Jimmy Jones’s big band forms part of this CD, but the second original album with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

JJ Johnson & Kai Winding: Trombones For Two – The Classic Collaborations 1953-56

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | Bart Varsalona | Bennie Green | Bill Brown | Billy Bauer | Bob Alexander | Candido Camero | Charles Mingus | Danny Bank

Seeing Johnson and Winding side by side on their sole UK appearance together in September 1958, as part of the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had By All

Art Farmer | Ben Webster | Bob Brookmeyer | Danish Radio Big Band | Django Bates | Eliane Elias | Georgie Fame | Jim McNeely | Martial Solal | Palle Mikkelborg

Years back I remember seeing the DRBB at Ronnie's, with Jim McNeely in charge. The playing was mightily impressive then...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Daniel Humair: Quatre Fois Trois

With a personnel line-up that surely can't fail to deliver including Dave Liebman, Marc Ducret, Joachim Kühn and Michel Portal,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Ballister: Worse for the Wear

Run for the hills: here comes Ballister featuring the established Chicagoan saxophonist Dave Rempis, cellist Fred Lonberg Holm and Norwegian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015