Chet Baker: Chet Sings!

Bob Neal | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker | Dannie Richmond | Dave Wheat | George Morrow | Jimmy Bond | Joe Mondragon | Kenny Drew

Perhaps for far too long Chet Baker the crooner has received a bad press. The fact that he played this...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Keyon Harrold: Foreverland

BIGYUKI | Brandon Owens | Burniss Travis | Chris Dave | Greg Phillinganes | Jahari Stampley | Jahi Sundance | Jean Baylor | Justus West | Keyon Harrold

On Foreverland, trumpeter and vocalist Keyon Harrold straddles two distinct worlds. The first – chilled-out, vocal-led R&B – dominates, with...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: February/2024

Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy’s Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy

David Kikoski | Eddie Henderson | Gerald Cannon | Joe Lovano | Lenny White | Sherman Irby | Steve Turre

The label is Cannon’s own as is the band, brought together by him for this one-off booking to pay tribute...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024

Miyasaka +5: Animals Garden

Genji Sawai | Hiromichi Tsugaki | Hiroshi Itaya | Koichi Matsukaze | Takashi ‘Bear’ Miyasaka | Uniden

Following its excellent J-Jazz compilations last year, BBE’s curation of classic, largely obscure Japanese improvised music continues apace. As can...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020

Art Farmer: Four Classics Albums-Portrait Of Art Farmer/Modern Art/Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce/The Jazztet &

Addison Farmer | Albert Heath | Art Farmer | Benny Golson | Bill Evans | Cedar Walton | Dave Bailey | Duke Jordan | Gigi Gryce | Hank Jones

Art Farmer's CV might well be one of the most impressive in modern jazz, but, despite recording many well-received albums,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012

Mike Pride: I Hate Work

Avant-punk drummer/keyboardist Pride pays tribute to his old group, MDC and their celebrated 1982 debut album Millions of Dead...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Igor Butman Orchestra: Scheherazade's Tales

Alevtina Polyakova | Alexander Berenson | Alexander Dovgopoly | Alexander Sakharov | Anton Baronin | Denis Shvytov | Dmitry Mospan | Eduard Zizak | Igor Butman | James Burton

Igor Butman, a neo-bop tenor saxophonist who emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to study at Berklee in 1983, had...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Muhal Richard Abrams: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2

Amina Claudine Myers | Anthony Braxton | Anthony Davis | Dave Holland | Douglas Ewart | Henry Threadgill | John Blake | Leonard Jones | Leroy Jenkins | Malachi Favors

While a number of leading contemporary pianists, from Jason Moran to Craig Taborn and Vijay Iyer, are happy to cite...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Bobby Hackett & Zoot Sims: Complete Recordings/Strike Up The Band

Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cutshall | Bob Wilber | Bobby Hackett | Bucky Pizzarelli | Buddy Jones | Dave McKenna | Hank Jones | James Morreale | Jerry Dodgion

Not all leads stem from Dizzy Gillespie. Pre-bop there was a plethora of truly inspired trumpet players whose achievements are...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Orchestra: Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

Alan Branscombe | Alf Reece | Bob Cornford | Chris Pyne | Dave Holland | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Henry Lowther | Henry Shaw | John McLaughlin

Kenny Wheeler, the inimitable Canadian trumpet maestro and quiet legend of post-1960s jazz composition, had been playing all kinds of...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021