Review of Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums Focus/West Coast Jazz/The Soft Swing/Cool Velvet

Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums Focus/West Coast Jazz/The Soft Swing/Cool Velvet

Addison Farmer | Alan Martin | Bruce Rogers | Conte Candoli | Dave Hildinger | Fred Dutton | Gerald Tarack | Jacob Glick | Jan Johansson | Jerry Segal

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

No matter the genre Focus – the masterwork that Eddie Sauter devised as a showcase for Stan Getz in 1961...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2012

Review of Robert Glasper: Black Radio (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Robert Glasper: Black Radio (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Ledisi | Bilal | Casey Benjamin | Chris Dave | Derrick Hodge | Erykah Badu | Jahi Sundance | KING | Lalah Hathaway | Lupe Fiasco

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

By the time he made Black Radio in 2012, Robert Glasper was one of the biggest new names in jazz,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of The Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Fabrik

The Gil Evans Orchestra: Live at Fabrik

Bill Evans | Chris Hunter | Dave Taylor | David Bargeron | Gil Evans | Hiram Bullock | Howard Johnson | John Clark | Lew Soloff | Marilyn Mazur

NDR Kultur 077101

Rating: ★★★

This is the ‘Monday Night’ band that appeared regularly at The Sweet Basil. I saw it several times there, and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022

Review of Art Farmer: Four Classics Albums-Portrait Of Art Farmer/Modern Art/Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce/The Jazztet &

Art Farmer: Four Classics Albums-Portrait Of Art Farmer/Modern Art/Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce/The Jazztet &

Addison Farmer | Albert Heath | Art Farmer | Benny Golson | Bill Evans | Cedar Walton | Dave Bailey | Duke Jordan | Gigi Gryce | Hank Jones

Avid

Rating: ★★★★

Art Farmer's CV might well be one of the most impressive in modern jazz, but, despite recording many well-received albums,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012

Review of Frank Zappa: Waka/Wazoo

Frank Zappa: Waka/Wazoo

Alan Estes | Alex ‘Erroneous’ Dmochowski | Aynsley Dunbar | Billy Byers | Bob Zimmitti | Bruce Fowler | Dave Parlato | Don Preston | Earle Dumler | Frank Zappa

Zappa Records/UMe

Rating: ★★★★

1972 was a weird year for Frank Zappa. Confined to a wheelchair while recovering from being attacked onstage at the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023

Review of Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From

Leon Spencer: Where I’m Coming From

Buddy Caldwell | Dave Hubbard | Ernest Hayes | Frank Wess | George Duvivier | Grady Tate | Hubert Laws | Idris Muhammad | Joe Beck | Jon Faddis

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series

Rating: ★★★★

Texas-born Spencer (1945–2012) is today little-known, but was in the early 1970s an in-demand jazz organist, playing on sessions for...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2024

Review of Centipede: Septober Energy

Centipede: Septober Energy

Alan Skidmore | Boz Burrell | Brian Belshaw | Brian Godding | Brian Smith | Dave Markee | Dave Perrottet | David Amis | David White | Dudu Pukwana

Esoteric/Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★

Centipede are more the stuff of legend than stuff of substance, given they only released one album and played barely...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2022

Review of The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra: A New Start

The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra: A New Start

Dave Powell | Henry Lowther | Jim Rattigan | Jon Scott | Josephine Davies | Kate Williams | Martin Hathaway | Mick Foster | Mick Hutton | Nick Costley-White

Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Hurt, long a notable presence on the metropolitan scene released a small big band album on Spotlite way back in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016

Review of Hubert Laws: Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring

Hubert Laws: Crying Song/Afro-Classic/The Rite of Spring

Airto Moreira | Billy Cobham | Bob James | Bobby Emmons | Bobby Wood | Dave Friedman | Gene Bertoncini | Gene Chrisman | George Benson | Grady Tate

BGO Records

Rating: ★★★★

What a fascinating little time-capsule this double-CD reissue is. The three albums, recorded for Creed Taylor's CTI label between 1969...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014

Review of John & Beverley Martyn: Stormbringer!

John & Beverley Martyn: Stormbringer!

Alan Spenner | Beverley Martyn | Billy Mundi | Danny Thompson | Dave Pegg | Dudu Pukwana | Harvey Brooks | Herbie Lovell | John Martyn | John Simon

Caroline International

Rating: ★★★

There is no need to justify Martyn's presence in Jazzwise; his collaborations with Danny Thompson and John Stevens on Live...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018

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