Duke Ellington: Jazz Party
A reasonably well-done reissue of the famous 1959 Columbia album on which Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Rushing guest with an...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2020
Sidney Bechet: Four Classic Albums – Third Set
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
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)
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
Galliano : Halfway Somewhere
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
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
Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans
As if it was necessary to underline the individuality, but also the versatility, of the young Evans, here is a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017
Fingers: The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus
Alan Jackson | Bruce Turner | Dave Green | Lol Coxhill | Michael Garrick
One of the delights of recovering jazz recordings from the archives is hearing studio chatter among the musicians, busy sound...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: August/2024
Keith Tippett: The Monk Watches the Eagle
A special BBC recording that captures Tippett's cantata on its debut, at Norwich Cathedral. It's a diverse piece, commissioned for...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021
Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984
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
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