Tubby Hayes And Paul Gonsalves: Just Friends

Lumped a little clumsily together into a single CD here are two vinyl albums which evoked considerable national pride in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2019

Sidney Bechet: Four Classic Albums – Third Set

André Reweliotty | Christian Guérin | Eddie Bernard | Emmett Berry | Freddie Moore | George Stephenson | Georges Zozo d’Halluin | Guy Lognon | Herb Hall | Jacques David

The centrepiece of this package is the 1956 collaboration between Bechet and the six-piece band led by pianist Sammy Price...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2022

Large Unit: Ana

Andreas Wildhagen | Børre Mølstad | Celio de Carvalho | Christian Meaas Svendsen | Jon Rune Strøm | Julie Kjær | Ketil Gutvik | Klaus Holm | Mats Äleklint | Paal Nilssen-Love

Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love has always happily teetered between freedom and form. With The Thing, he’s as likely to be diving...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2016

Eddie Harris: High Voltage (Recorded Live At The Village Gate in New York and At Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood)

Alan White | Albert Lee | Billy Hart | Chris Squire | Eddie Harris | Ian Paice | Jeff Beck | Jodie Christian | Lofty Amao | Melvin Jackson

As the 1960s morphed into the 1970s, jazz had to face the problem of appealing to a whole new generation...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2015

Zzebra: Hungry Horse (Live in Germany 1975)

Alan Marshall | Dave Quincy | John McCoy | Lasisi Amao | Liam Genockey | Steve Byrd | Tommy Eyre

Watch out! There’s a Zzebra crossing. But where we are going, we don’t need roads… or warning signs. Just prick...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: May/2024

Galliano : Halfway Somewhere

Bémbé Ségué | Crispin ‘Pump’ Taylor | Crispin ‘Spry’ Robinson | Ernie McKone | Jason Yarde | Rob Gallagher | Ski Oakenfull | Valerie Etienne

Back in the mists of time, Rob Gallagher, aka Roberto Galliano, used to feature on Gilles Peterson's Radio London show,...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024

Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984

Chris Pyne | Frank Ricotti | Gordon Beck | Jeff Clyne | John McLaughlin | Johnny Butts | Kenny Wheeler | Ray Warleigh | Ron Mathewson | Tony Oxley

It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Joe Harriott: The Joe Harriott Story

Bobby Orr | Buddy Pipp's Highlifers | Coleridge Goode | Dill Jones | Frank Holder | Hank Shaw | Harry South | Jack Fallon | Joe Harriott | Johnny Weed

The legendary status of the late Jamaican alto saxophonist can be ascribed, for the most part, to his groundbreaking solo...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Gordon Beck Quartet: When Sunny Gets Blue: Spring 68 Sessions Featuring Joy Marshall

Gordon Beck | Jeff Clyne | John McLaughlin | Joy Marshall | Tony Oxley

It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Charlie Watts: Anthology

Alan Skidmore | Annie Whitehead | Anthony Kerr | Bernard Fowler | Bill Eyden | Bill Lesage | Bobby Wellins | Brian Lemon | Charlie Watts | Chris Pyne

During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023