Review of Miles Davis

Miles Davis

Bobby Jaspar | Christian Garros | Connie Kay | Herman Mutschler | Horst Jankowski | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Lester Young | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers

In Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★★

Of these three Miles Davis albums, the 2-CD from Storyville must be seen as the most valuable because of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012

Review of Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face

Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face

Anna-Lena Schnabel | Chris Mehler | Christian Höhn | Claus Stötter | Dan Gottshall | Erik Konertz | Fiete Felsch | Florian Weber | Frank Delle | Gareth Lockrane

Editor's Choice

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

It is always good when an international jazz collaboration is preserved on a recording that shows clearly what each side...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Coleman Hawkins: Mr Bean

Coleman Hawkins: Mr Bean

Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Booker Little | Buck Clayton | Charlie Christian | Chu Berry | Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Django Reinhardt | Duke Ellington

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★

The blindfolded man with a hat pin strikes again on this 3CD retrospective. Coleman Hawkins first appeared on record in...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015

Review of Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven

Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven

Baby Dodds | Butterbeans & Susie | Carroll Dickerson | Earl Hines | Erskine Tate | Fred Robinson | Hociel Thomas | Jimmy Bertrand | Jimmy Strong | Johnny Dodds

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

The last time I reviewed most of this music was when these ground– breaking small-group sessions for OKeh were combined...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016

Review of Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Benny Morton | Bernard Addison | Billy Fowler | Bobby Stark | Buster Bailey | Cecil Scott | Charlie Dixon | Charlie Green

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

The benchmark for reissues of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra from its earliest days until it disbanded in the late 1930s has...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023

Review of Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk & Soul

Tower of Power: 50 Years of Funk & Soul

Adolpho Acosta | Bruce Conte | Chester Thompson | David Eskridge | David Garibaldi | Emilio Castillo | Francis ‘Rocco’ Prestia | Jerry Cortez | Lenny Pickett | Marc van Wageningen

Artistry Music

Rating: ★★★

Get out your red zimmer, baby, you're going out to dance. Well, what can you say? This wasn't so much...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2021

Review of Bob Mintzer Big Band/New York Voices: Meeting of Minds

Bob Mintzer Big Band/New York Voices: Meeting of Minds

Bob Mallach | Bob Millikan | Bob Mintzer | Bob Sheppard | Darmon Meader | David Taylor | Frank Greene | James Moore | Jay Anderson | Jay Ashby

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

Rating: ★★★

This is not from the Manchester Sports Guild Hall in the UK where so many great mainstream sessions were recorded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Review of Wendell Harrison: Dreams of A Love Supreme

Wendell Harrison: Dreams of A Love Supreme

Andrew Gibson | Anthony Robertson | Billy Turner | Charles Hawkins | Craig Tyner | Fred Scott | Harold McKinney | Herbie William | Jerome H Clark | Jervonny Collier

Wenha Jazz–Tribe/Pure Pleasure WHR 015

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 1980, the first reissue of this somewhat obscure album was on the Tidal Waves Music label was...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2022

Review of Ebo Taylor: Ebo Taylor JID022

Ebo Taylor: Ebo Taylor JID022

Adrian Younge | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Beatrice Lawluvi | Danny Janklow | Ebo Taylor | Emmanuel Ackone | Erinn Horton | Erm Navarro | Henry Taylor | Jay Flat

Jazz Is Dead

Rating: ★★★★

In a video on the Jazz Is Dead YouTube channel, one can find footage of Ghanaian high life pioneer Ebo...

Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: November/2024

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