Ben Webster/Harry Edison: Complete Quintet Studio Sessions

Sister album to the same label’s complete collection of sextet sides by Ben and Sweets, this is slightly looser in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Miles Davis: Workin'/The Musings Of Miles

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Garland | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | John Lewis | Jones | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Oscar Pettiford

Christmas came early for me, thanks to the arrival of these public-domain reissues, all of them except Kind Of Blue...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2013

Sarah Vaughan: The Early Years 1944-48

This early period of Vaughan’s work has often been covered in previous compilations, but this one is as good as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Ray Charles: The Complete ABC Recordings 1959-1961

Ray Charles

Such was Ray Charles's profile when he left Atlantic that he immediately secured one of the most lucrative deals of...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012

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

Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Brandee Younger | Brandon Lee | Carl Marachi | Christian McBride | Dan Pratt | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Joe McDonough

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Count Basie: The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55

AK Salim | Al Hibbler | Benny Powell | Buck Clayton | Buddy Rich | Buster Harding | Charlie Fowlkes | Count Basie | Don Redman | Eddie Jones

The big band put together after Basie had spent more than a year leading an octet coalesced gradually, with Sonny...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2023

Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts

Betty Glamann | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Oscar Pettiford | Sonny Rollins

Two more beautifully-presented and splendid-sounding reissues from UK indie New Land, who, after the recent Mingus box set (see review...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2024

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