Joe Castro: Lush Life: A Musical Journey

Billy Higgins | Bob Cooper | Buddy Collette | Chico Hamilton | Conte Candoli | Frank Rosolino | Freddie Hill | Joe Castro | Leroy Vinnegar | Lucky Thompson

Those who’ve heard of Mexican- American pianist Castro (d. 2009) may associate him with two albums for Atlantic, one of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016

Noah Haidu: Doctone

Noah Haidu

Haidu, a former Kenny Barron student, considers the late Kenny Kirkland – who died in 1998 aged only 43 –...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2020

Ben Bryden: 1957 Flying Scot

A special edition booklet and 2-disc set featuring poet Rab Wilson reciting “racing bicycle” sonnets while taking inspiration from them...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011

Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Driving the big bands of Gerald Wilson or Gil Fuller, Charles is in his element, and transforms country fare into...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father Of Origin

Abdul Wadud | Ali Abuwi | Charles ‘Bobo’ Shaw | Earl Cross | Frank Lowe | Gene Dinwiddie | Julius Hemphill | Juma Sultan | Philip Wilson | Ralph Walsh

This astonishing audio/visual box set tells the hitherto undocumented story of bass player/percussionist Juma Sultan and his Aboriginal Music Society...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2012

The Pete Malinverni Trio: Heaven

This piano trio's album is defiantly MOR, but not a bad mix of laidback Bill Evans-like ballads, soul jazz and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

TRYPL

Trevor Mires

Saxophonist Paul Booth is one of the co-leaders of TRYPL, the other two being trumpeter Ryan Quigley and trombonist Trevor...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs

Childs' last new release, 2017's Rebirth, was greeted with considerable pleasure in Jazzwise 218 and with nothing less than a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Edmond Hall with the Ralph Sutton Quartet: “Live” at Club Hangover

Complementing the Commodore Quartets that Ed Hall made with Teddy Wilson, this 1954 set of broadcasts – well recorded and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Mandrill: Composite Truth/Just Outside Of Town

Carlos D. Wilson | Claude Cave | Fudgie Kae | Neftali Santiago | Omar Mesa | Ric Wilson | Sweet Lou Wilson

All hail Mandrill and this twoferone, which captures them in their prime. Their legacy lives on in endless samples culled...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015