Review of Loose Tubes: Arriving

Loose Tubes: Arriving

Ashley Slater | Chris Batchelor | Dai Pritchard | Dave Powell | Django Bates | Eddie Parker | Iain Ballamy | John Eacott | John Harborne | John Parricelli

Lost Marble

Rating: ★★★★

Here's the highly-anticipated third and final instalment in the ‘live’ trilogy of recordings from Loose Tubes' farewell residency at Ronnie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Review of Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths

Alan Branscombe | Barbara Thompson | Chris Laurence | Dave Gelly | David Snell | Derek Wadsworth | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Don Rendell

Dusk Fire

Rating: ★★★★

Sometimes a recording is special not for its content but for what it signifies. This welcome, long-awaited first CD release...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

Review of Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943

Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943

Al Casey | Arnold Boling | Arthur Trappier | Ben Whitted | Bill Coleman | Billy Taylor | Bob Carroll | Bobby Williams | Cedric Wallace | Charlie Turner

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

If you’ve never had access to a collection of Fats Waller’s work, both as a solo pianist and as the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024

Review of Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Complete Commodore & Decca Sessions

Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Complete Commodore & Decca Sessions

Al Morgan | Artie Shapiro | Benny Morton | Billy Butterfield | Bing Crosby | Bob Haggart | Bobby Hackett | Bud Freeman | Buzzy Drootin | Cutty Cutshall

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

Commodore, the first US independent label to specialise in small-group jazz, started operations the night after Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse

Alcyona Mick | Alex Ridout | Becca Toft | Camilla George | Carol Jarvis | Charlie Pyne | Chloe Abbott | Corrina Silverster | Corrina Silvester | Dave Manington

Night Time Stories

Rating: ★★★★

Following the late 2024 reissue of her debut Finding My Way Home (reviewed in Jazzwise 302) and ahead of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025

Review of Reuben Fowler: Between Shadows

Reuben Fowler: Between Shadows

Alex Munk | Andy Greenwood | Brigitte Beraha | Callum Au | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | George Hogg | Gordon Campbell | Guy Barker

Edition

Rating: ★★★

The 23-year-old trumpeter Reuben Fowler’s debut album on the Edition label represents part of his prize for winning the Kenny...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Review of Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: Concerts in Miniature Volume 21-24

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: Concerts in Miniature Volume 21-24

Bill Dockstader | Bill Holman | Bill Russo | Bob Burgess | Buddy Childers | Conte Candoli | Dave Schildkraut | Don Bagley | Don Dennis | Don Smith

Sounds of Yester Year

Rating: ★★★

Few bands apart from Ellington have had such day by day, week by week documentation of their activities as Stan...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Steve Smith and Vital Information: The Complete Columbia Recordings

Steve Smith and Vital Information: The Complete Columbia Recordings

Andy Narell | Armando Peraza | Barry Finnerty | Brad Dutz | Corrado Rustici | Dave Wilczewski | Dean Brown | Eef Albers | Frank Gambale | Jay Oliver

Wounded Bird Records

Rating: ★★★

Smith could hardly have predicted the longevity of Vital Information when Columbia signed him as a solo artist after he’d...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot

Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot

Alison Hughes | Bas Terraz | Ben Oliver | Cameron Barnett | Catilin Jeffery | Dan Mar-Molinero | Dave Smith | Harvey Tongs | James Ashdown | Jamie Wall

Sea Miller Records/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Dan Mar-Molinero is an educator, saxophonist and composer working out of Southampton University’s very active jazz programme: you’ll find him...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023

Review of Various Artists: Soho Scene ’57: Jazz Goes Mod

Various Artists: Soho Scene ’57: Jazz Goes Mod

Art Blakey | Art Pepper | Barney Kessel | Carl Perkins | Charles Mingus | Dave Lee | Derek Smith | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Dizzy Reece | Don Rendell

Editor's Choice

R&B Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the latest of these valuable compilations, the focus is on the contrasting UK and US modern jazz scenes as...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024

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