Jimmy Scott/Oscar Brown Jr: Five Classic Albums

Charles Mingus | Dave Bailey | Howard Biggs | Jimmy Scott | Mundell Lowe | Oscar Brown Jr

This latest release in Avid Jazz’s Five Classic Albums series is a superb 2-CD set featuring three albums by vocalist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Ronnie Scott: Fast & Loose – Live In 1954

Benny Green | Derek Humble | Jimmy Deuchar | Ken Wray | Lennie Bush | Pete King | Ronnie Scott | Tony Crombie | Victor Feldman

Unless you are fortunate enough to possess an extremely rare copy of the 1954 Esquire release The Ronnie Scott Jazz...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2014

Scott McLemore: Remote Location

Andres Thor | Oskar Guojonsson | Robert Porhallsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs

This is a very pleasant album that does not jar or shock but goes about its business in a very...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Christian Howes (and Robben Ford): Out Of The Blue

Gene Tyranny | Jane Sharp | Kathy Morton | Lynne Morrow | Maggie Payne | Patrice Manget | Peter Gordon | Steve Bartek

The blues is never far away when Robben Ford’s around, but Colombus-based jazz violinist Christian Howes covers many bases with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Kentyah Presents M1, Brian Jackson: Evolutionary Minded: Furthering The Legacy Of Gil Scott-Heron

Abiodun Oyewole | Airto | Bill Summers | Blackbyrd McKnight | Bobby Seale | Brian Jackson | Chuck D | Cuban Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Alzamorra Dickin | Dead Prez

Although the passing of Gil Scott-Heron in 2011 continues to cast a long shadow over contemporary black music, it should...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2013

Bill Evans/Scott LaFaro/Paul Motian: Complete Trio Recordings

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro

There have been at least a couple of heavyweight multi-CD sets of this hugely influential and original trio, notably Riverside’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2023

Scott Robinson Doctette: Bronze Nemesis

The world of pulp novel fictional character Doc Savage expressed in music by the US saxophonist Scott Robinson, a quirky...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Tony Scott: Complete Brunswick Sessions

Scott's slightly later quartet with Bill Evans is more famous, but this earlier model with Dick Katz is very fine,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2015

Scott Colley, Edward Simon & Brian Blade: Three Visitors

Becca Stevens | Brian Blade | Chris Potter | Edward Simon | Jana Dagdagan | Rogério Boccato | Scott Colley

“In this time and space, with improvisation as the constant, the three of us come together to visit and explore...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/2024

Ronnie Scott & Friends: The Esquire Collection 1953-1956

Alan Clare | Arthur Watts | Benny Green | Derek Humble | Derek Smith | Eddie Taylor | Hank Shaw | Jimmy Deuchar | Keith Christie | Ken Wray

In what now seems an unstoppable process, local modern jazz from the 1950s, sometimes thought of as being a poor...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2020