Terry Pack's Trees: Into The Woods
Terry Pack’s prog apprenticeship with The Enid and session work with varios pop/rock figures from Steve Hackett to Sam Fox...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2020
Various Artists: Jazz on Film… Film Noir
You just have to look at the subtitle to know how this goes: criminals, murderers, bent cops, drugs and jazzers...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Various Artists: Amarcord Nino Rota
This landmark album was originally released in 1981 and recorded in tribute to the Italian film composer Nino Rota, focusing...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018
Louis Jordan: The Fifties Collection 1951-1958
By 1951 some of Louis Jordan's songs were already well-known and he was internationally established as a major entertainer. So,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2021
John Dankworth: Zodiac Variations & $1,000,000 Collection
A side-effect of Dankworth’s demise last year is the reissue of more of his long unavailable middle-period work, for instance...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2011
Julia Lee: King Size Papa: The Julia Lee Collection 1927-1952
There's a good reason why Con Chapmen's recent history of Kansas City jazz has a photo of George E Lee's...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2023
Willie Smith: Alto Sax All-Time Great 1934-1956
It’s about time that altoist Willie Smith had another collection devoted to his work, following the Ocium Sound of Distinction...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2020
Gene Krupa: Drummin’ Man: Hits and Classic Recordings 1938-50
In common with other recent Acrobat collections, this 2-CD set selects its repertoire at least partly on the popularity of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023
Cab Calloway: All The Hits and More 1930-56
Compiling a collection on the basis of ‘hits’, using the post-1936 Billboard ‘Hit Parade’ (and similar unofficial charts) and then...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
Adrian Rollini: Swing Low – His 26 Finest 1927-1938
The now-largely forgotten bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini (1903-1956) mixed and worked with the very best of the crack white jazzmen...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024
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