Nat Adderley: Nat Adderley Four Classic Albums That's Nat Adderley/Introducing Nat Adderley/To The Ivy League/Much Brass
Though he managed to carve out a solo career while still a member of brother Cannonball's various quintets and sextets,...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012
Narada Michael Walden: Garden Of Love Light/I Cry, I Smile/Awakening
Walden first grabbed attention when replacing Cobham in the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This three- for-one package reflects those curious days with...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016
Randy Weston: Four Classic Albums Vol.1 & Vol.2
One of the great champions of Afro-jazz, or as he himself states more explicitly, African rhythms in jazz, Weston drank...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015
Mike Gibbs Band: Symphony Hall, Birmingham 1991
Mike Gibbs celebrated his 80th birthday with two nights at the Vortex in September of last year directing a largely...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018
Nucleus: Live at the BBC
The 14-CD boxed set of Barbara Thompson at the BBC that the Repertoire label produced in 2020 looked like a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022
Cannonball Adderley: ‘Dis Here’
At this stage in the game, there's no real need to analyse Cannonball's virtues at any great length to learned...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2011
Django Reinhardt: Diminishing Blackness: The Compositions of Django Reinhardt
There have been numerous attempts to produce box sets that cover the range of Django Reinhardt’s work. Among examples reviewed...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2019
Charlie Parker: Complete Charlie Parker Vol. 11: This Time The Dream’s On Me
Of the material here, only the famous Norman Granz jam session with Hodges and Carter from June 1952 was a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2016
Miles Davis: Unissued Café Bohemia Broadcasts
Well, here’s a turn-up – 40 minutes of the first Miles quintet that is genuinely unissued. Recorded off-air but with...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013
Art Farmer: The Art of Farmer – Classic Albums 1953-55
These are halcyon days for those keen to hoover up Art Farmer reissues at modest cost. Recently, there’s been Art...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
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