Buddy Bregmang: A Jazz Portrait of the Hollywood Arranger

Well-known for his charts for Ella, Bing and Anita, this focuses on Bregman's own work, and is a cornucopia of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Alexey Kruglov/Jaak Sooäär Quartet: The Mighty Five

Alexey Kruglov | Jaak Sooäär | Mihkel Mälgand | Tanel Ruben

The highly rated Moscow-based saxophonist Alexey Kruglov and a leading force in jazz in Estonia, the guitarist Jaak Sooäär (who...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Ornette Coleman: The Atlantic Years

Billy Higgins | Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Eric Dolphy | Freddie Hubbard | Jimmy Garrison | Ornette Coleman | Scott LaFaro

Although Beauty Is a Rare Thing, a ‘complete’ Coleman Atlantic 6CD package, came out in 1993 to considerable acclaim (it...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018

Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Snow Catches on her Eyelashes

Anders Engen | Ardun Erlien | Audun Eirlen | Eivind Aarset | Erik Honoré | Hilde Norbakken | Jan Bang | Nils Petter Molvaer | Sidsel Endresen

There’s a cut from this duo’s last album, Dream Logic, called ‘The Beauty of Decay’, and that could easily describe...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020

Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars

Brian Kellock | Tommy Smith

This is Smith and Kellock's third duo collaboration on record and perhaps more than its predecessors is revealing of an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2014

Kenny Dorham: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Clarence Sharpe | Curtis Fuller | George Coleman | Horace Silver | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones

This set cherrypicks three Blue Note dates and one Riverside session, from 1955-1961, rather than (as some other such Avid...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Brian Charette: Kürrent

This New York-based organist's quirky twist on the B3 Hammond trio tradition (featuring ace guitarist Ben Monder) is more Larry...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Mark Murphy: The Jazz Singer: The Muse Years 1972-1991

David Sanborn | Don Grolnick | Jimmy Madison | Joey Baron | Mark Levine | Mark Murphy | Michael Brecker | Pat Rebilot | Randy Brecker | Richie Cole

Murphy was over 15 years into his recording career when he signed for Muse in 1972, and it marked an...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: I Long to See You

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Eric Harland | Greg Leisz | Norah Jones | Reuben Rogers | Willie Nelson

I Long to See You marks a change of pace for Charles Lloyd; there isn’t anything quite like it in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2016

Mike Gibbs Band: Symphony Hall, Birmingham 1991

Bill Stewart | Chris Pyne | Dave Stewart | John Barclay | John Clark | John Rooke | John Scofi eld | John Taylor | Julian Argüelles | Kenny Wheeler

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