Victor Feldman: Four Classic Albums

A boy-wonder on drums who went on to become an excellent pianist, vibraphonist and front-rank composer of classic modern-jazz themes,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2020

David Gibson: Boom!

Alex Claffy | David Gibson | Josh Evans | Kush Abadey | Theo Hill

Posi-Tone's producer Marc Free (who, incidentally, was at college with the sons of probably Britain's best-ever jazz export, Victor Feldman)...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2015

Mundell Lowe: Five Classic Albums

Al Haig | Art Taylor | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Lamond | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

Overshadowed by the likes of Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell and Tal Farlow, Lowe was a major league talent whose metier,...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2020

The Golden Age of Steam: Tomato Brain

Alex Bonney | James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Ruth Goller | Tim Giles

This one-take improvisation gives a singular context to James Allsopp's sax, his sketched compositions growing in the dank electronica of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2021

Masahiko Togashi: Session In Paris: Vol. One ‘Song Of Soil’

Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Masahiko Togashi

The great Japanese percussionist Masahiko Togashi (1940-2007) grew up in a musical family – his father was a renowned jazz...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2023

Marcus Strickland: Triumph of the Heavy (Vols 1 & 2)

Ben Williams | David Bryant | EJ Strickland | Marcus Strickland

Marcus Strickland continues to grow in stature with every release. This is his seventh as a leader and the fourth...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. & Orchestra: Impact

Ashley Richardson | Big Black | Billy Parker | Cecil McBee | Charles Davis | Charles McPhearson | Charles Tolliver | Clifford Barbaro | Clint Houston | Edith Wint Porter

Trumpeter Charles Tolliver was, with Stanley Cowell, the co-founder of the pioneering artist-owned Strata-East label, home of many crucial 1970s...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2020

The Tubby Hayes Quartet: Seven Steps to Heaven: Live at the Hopbine 1972

Daryl Runswick | Mick Pyne | Tony Oxley | Tubby Hayes

If the previous Tubby Hayes appearance on Gearbox Records – The Jazz Couriers, Live in Morecambe 1959: Tippin' (GB 1510)...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2014

Bill Evans: Some Other Time: Lost Session from the Black Forest

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette

The surprise discovery of a studio session by this unique trio means that, instead of just the famous live album...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016

Osian Roberts: Bop Viveur

Jeremy Brown | Matt Fishwick | Osian Roberts | Rob Barron

By naming their jointly-founded label as they did, Roberts and the Fishwick brothers made clear their creative intentions and haven’t...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024