JJ Johnson & Kai Winding: Trombones For Two – The Classic Collaborations 1953-56
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
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Quintessence 1947-1959
For those new to the magic that is The Jazz Messengers, this is a worthwhile 2-CD/19-track primer, offering brief cameos...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2012
Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Collection
‘We would emphasise that this does not purport to be a complete or definitive anthology [but] a reasonably comprehensive and...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021
Frankie Newton: The Connoisseur’s Frankie Newton, 1937-1939
Armstrong-tinged trumpeter Newton (1906-1954) may be largely forgotten now, but in his day he stood out as an intriguing, often...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022
John Coltrane: Trane 90
This well-organised look at the middle decade of Coltrane's career takes its title from the fact that he would have...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017
Buck Clayton: Complete Legendary Jam Sessions – Master Takes
Three CDs in a cardboard slip-case, just another public domain release by an Andorra-based label and largely lifted from the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2011
Various Artists: BBC Jazz Club Rare Transcription Recordings 1959 Volume One
Vocalion have exhumed a series of BBC Jazz Club broadcasts and very welcome they are. Each programme combined a pair...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2015
Various Artists: Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions
Mosaic’s carefully curated new set comes with the usual learned commentary (this time by Thomas Cunliffe) and is a wonderful...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Blossom Dearie: The Early Years Collection 1948-60
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
Stan Kenton: Four Classic Albums
With his penchant for bombast, it was quite a challenge for Stan Kenton to take on the romantic and ballad...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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