Andrew Cyrille: Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note
Although the 74 year-old New Yorker is readily tagged, through his associations with Cecil, Muhal, Braxton et al, as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2015
Echoes of Swing: Travelin'
Part of an ongoing series in which Munich's ACT label focuses on ‘classic’ period jazz, the chamber-like quartet here brings...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018
Charlie Parker: Complete Bird at the Apollo
Completists who want the live Bird with Strings records will find plenty here, along with Diz and Bird plus Billie...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014
Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Ronnie Scott's Vol.1
Al Gafa | Dizzy Gillespie | Earl May | Mickey Roker | Mike Longo
Unlike say Miles, Dizzy didn't feel the need to reinvent himself, for in cahoots with Bird, Bud, Klook and Monk...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2015
Lurlean Hunter: The Velvet Voice
The entire four-album output of this greatly underrated 1950s singer is collected here on 2CDs, accompanied by Quincy Jones, Ernie...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012
Count Basie: Live in Pans 1957–1962
From the heyday of the New Testament band, four Paris concerts that rank among its best, most atmospheric, live recordings...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016
Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio: Animal Crossing
Francois Moutin | Rudresh Mahanthappa | Rudy Royston
Jazz records named after million-selling video games aren't a common occurrence, and neither are elite improv trios who like dressing...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022
Steph Richards with Joshua White: Zephyr
New York-based Canadian trumpeter Steph Richards has worked both in contemporary classical, with the likes of Kronos Quartet, and in...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022
James Francies: Purest Form
Keyboardist-composer James Francies has gained quasi-wunderkind status in the past few years by way of his contributions to veterans such...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2021
Livio Minafra – Louis Moholo-Moholo: Born Free
Livio Minafra | Louis Moholo-Moholo
There’s no disputing that Louis Moholo-Moholo’s right foot used to be one of the most furiously explosive appendages in avant-...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2016
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