Cal Tjader: Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967
As he says in his note for this album, Gary Burton rated Cal Tjader as one of the four great...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Tim Ray Trio: Fire & Rain
John Lockwood | Mark Walker | Tim Ray
Pianist Ray was MD for Tony Bennett from 2016 through to the late singer's retirement in 2021 but is clearly...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2023
Steve Cardenas, Andrew Zimmerman, Lionel Loueke, Skúlli Sverrisson, Francisco Mela, Jason Palmer: Newvelle Season Three
Commitment is a principle that runs deep in the ethos of Nevelle Records, its loyal subscribers and, most importantly, its...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: November/2018
Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section: Oh Gee!
The onrush of Barnes on record continues, as does the flow of releases on his Woodville label. Having heard this...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2016
John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is
It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015
Kenny Wheeler Big Band: The Long Waiting
It doesn't seem that long a wait, but this collection of original material is a most welcome companion to the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012
Various Artists: Jazz City UK Volume 2:The Jam Sessions
Jim Simpson’s Big Bear Agency first conceived and has continued to organise the British Jazz Awards, the presentations in earlier...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis
Chester Thompson | Chris Walters | Dave Liebman | James Dasilva | Jeff Coffin | Victor Wooton
Recorded live in the Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley the legacy of Miles Davis still provides musicians old enough to...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019
Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings
Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Hank Jones | Roger Kellaway
When in 1954, Clifford Brown moved from Blue Note to Mercury his new label realised that they had acquired a...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015
Christine Tobin: Sailing to Byzantium
In this beautiful collection of songs based on the poetry of WB Yeats, vocalist Christine Tobin has created an unqualified...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2012
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