The Gerry Mulligan Sextet: Night Lights + Butterfly With Hiccups

Art Farmer | Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Hal Blaine | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | John Gray | Mulligan

Two ex-Limelight albums combined, and featuring the short-lived 1960s Mulligan sextet, together with a couple of live tracks for good...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021

Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Recordings 1952-1957

Al Cohn | Annie Ross | Bob Bates | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Carter | Bob Enevoldsen | Bob Whitlock | Bud Shank | Carson Smith | Chet Baker

One star? Yes, you read it correctly the first time. Had this been compiled in a manner that this music...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Tony Kinsey: The Tony Kinsey Collection 1953-61

Alan Branscombe | Art Ellefson | Bill Le Sage | Bob Efford | Christopher Logue | Dave Shepherd | Dave Willis | Dill Jones | Don Rendell | Eric Dawson

Here are drummer Kinsey's mid-twentieth century small group recordings spread over six rewarding CDs. 105 tracks in all, quartets and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2013

Album Interview: Georgia Mancio: Silhouette

This third studio release from Georgia Mancio is as thoughtful, assiduously crafted and lovingly realized an album as you'll hear...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Billy Jenkins: True Love Collection

Billy Jenkins | Christine Tobin | Dave Ramm | Django Bates | Iain Ballamy | Martin France | Mike Pickering | Steve Noble | Steve Watts | The Fun Horns of Berlin

It's yesterday once more… the Man from Lewisham may currently be enjoying an episode of silence but here's a world...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble: Hard Luck Soul

Charles Peterson | Dave Bennett | George Williams | Jesse Barrett | John Grady | Logan Rollins | Reynard Birtha | Richard Stokes | Richard Wise | Ricky Lewis

There’s not too much information available on this rarity but, as the title suggests, it purports to be a recording...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2011

Mike Stern: Trip

Bill Evans | Bob Franceschini | Dave Weckl | Dennis Chambers | Jim Beard | Lenny White | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker | Tom Kennedy | Victor Wooten

The story behind this album may be inspiring, but the music itself has to stand or fall on its own...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Various Artists: Northern Edition: Curated by Fiona Talkington

Alexi Tuomarila | Daniel Herksedal | Daniel Herskedal | Dave Stapleton | Drifter | Eyolf Dale | Marius Neset | Oddarrang | Per Oddvar Johansen | Phronesis

This anthology of mainly Scandinavian jazz, or jazz from the north, curated by BBC Radio presenter Fiona Talkington, all taken...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Album Interview: Jamie Saft: The New Standard

Bobby Previte | Jamie Saft | Steve Swallow

Pianist/keyboardist Jamie Saft is pretty much the quintessence of the iconoclastic downtown New York jazz musician, if such a thing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024