Nucleus: Live at the BBC
The 14-CD boxed set of Barbara Thompson at the BBC that the Repertoire label produced in 2020 looked like a...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022
Jared Schonig Quintet & Big Band: Two Takes
Schonig is a New York drummer who plays Broadway shows when he’s not supporting top jazz players. He’s been given...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2021
Allan Holdsworth: Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection
With 150 minutes plus of classic Holdsworth across 28 cuts, gnarly-bloke fans could hardly ask for more, right? Well this...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2017
Hazel Scott: Great Scott! Collected Recordings 1939-57
Hazel Scott was a pioneering jazz pianist and singer, about whom we hear far too little. She is perhaps best-known...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2023
Gil Evans Orchestra: Hidden Treasures: Monday Nights Vol. 1
Gil Evans’s son, Miles, now in his fifties, has periodically kept alive the legacy of his father, and specifically of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2019
Archie Shepp: For Losers/Kwanza
Although he went on to make some important records for a wide variety of labels, none more so than BYG,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012
Loose Tubes: Säd Afrika
“When I hear the first bars of ‘Säd Afrika’ I could be back at Ronnie's, feeling the crackle of excitement...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012
Fuse One: Fuse One/Silk
Check out that personnel list and genuflect most deeply. Those who write books with a strapline When Genres Collide (see...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2017
Paul Dunmall Quintet with Ed Puddick & The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Big Band: Soultime Again
UK sax titan Paul Dunmall has been notably prolific of late, releasing a slew of albums recorded by different configurations....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
Stanley Clarke: The Complete Epic Albums Collection
Complete, but no more than that: where many box sets throw in extra tracks and sleeve notes, all you get...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013
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