Various Artists: Oscar, With Love
This impressive array of pianistic talent was selected by Oscar Peterson's widow Kelly to create a kind of musical festschrift,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2018
Gil Evans: Svengali
The anagrammatic title, credited to one Gerry Mulligan, signals an album originally seen as a follow-up to the Ampex album...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014
Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance
Formanek may be known primarily through his long running association with Tim Berne but he has been a bandleader of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
London Improvisers Orchestra: 20 Years On
In the tradition of such former free music ensembles as John Stevens’s The Spontaneous Music Orchestra, Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2019
George Russell: Complete 1956-1960 Smalltet and Orchestra Recordings
It would have made chronological sense if this had arrived before Fresh Sound's 1960-62 Sextets reissue (reviewed last month) but...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2015
Mike Westbrook Concert Orchestra: Marching Song Vol 1 and 2 Plus Bonus
Nearly 50 years on, Marching Song remains a seminal recording not only of the ‘Jazz Britannia’ era, but of any...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017
Benny Goodman: Small Bands Collection 1935-45
On one level, this compilation gives a very informative bird's eye view of the Benny Goodman small groups over their...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2021
Woody Herman: The 3 Herds
Initially it seems odd, in the light of exhaustive reissues such as the Mosaic set of Herman's 1945-47 bands, to...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017
Lester Young: Complete Aladdin Recordings
This collection of 48 sides made with nine different groups for the small Aladdin company (plus one triosession with Nat...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018
Hard Rubber Orchestra: Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra
Kenny Wheeler’s final frailty and beloved stature were both shown by his 2013 London Jazz Festival swansong, when, months before...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
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