Benny Goodman: Small Bands Collection 1935-45
On one level, this compilation gives a very informative bird's eye view of the Benny Goodman small groups over their...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2021
Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods
How to cover such classic stuff in a typical review space? While Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) was startling enough, Tijuana Moods...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
David ‘Fathead’ Newman: The Soulful Mr. Newman
David Newman died just a month after the final album (The Blessing) included in this compilation of his decade of...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012
Sonny Rollins: Holding The Stage: Road Shows Vol.4
The earliest music here is a straight reissue, down to the sleeve typo, of the 1959 set reviewed favourably in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Monk Trio
There's some serious stuff on the first two reissues, especially the Monk Trio. Mostly consisting of the three relevant Prestige...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015
Tubby Hayes: Hip! The Untold Story of Tubby Hayes 1965
R&B Records has a habit of delving into the dark recesses of long-gone jazz radio and they’ve done it again...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022
Various Artists: DJ Natoya Presents Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz Funk from Electric Bird 1978-1987
Ah, it’s guilty pleasure time. Japanese jazz-funk is a many-splendoured thing, with various highways and byways to get pleasantly lost...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024
Thelonious Monk: Complete 1947-56 Trios
The EJC label is well named in this case, although the contents render redundant an earlier CD of Monk’s first...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016
Sonny Rollins: And The Big Brass, Trio and Quintet
While there are perhaps no absolute classics, here is an interesting overview of one of Rollins's best and most prolific...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2012
Marc Ribot: Songs of Resistance 1942-2018
Trump is beyond satire and shame, making artistic opposition seem hopeless. Social media’s intimate propaganda walls up minds that might...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Feb/2019
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