George Shearing: George Shearing at Home

Shearing and Canadian bassist Thompson worked together often and decided to record their rehearsal ruminations while they were in the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2013

The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note

Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom | Graham Harvey | Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne

Of course you’ve got to check out the bright young things, but if ever there was a band to default...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Gregory Tardy: Standards & More

Jaimeo Brown | Philip Dizack | Sean Conly | Keith Brown | Gregory Tardy

Tenorist Tardy doesn’t make many recordings as a leader these days but several sessions with the late, sadly-missed Andrew Hill...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2013

John Coltrane: The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions

Doug Watkins | Curtis Fuller | Wilbur Harden | Howard Williams | John Coltrane | Art Taylor | Louis Hayes | Tommy Flanagan | Alvin Jackson

The word ‘mainstream’ was just becoming popular in 1958 and, given its multiple nuances today, it seems more appropriate now...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2013

Tony Bennett: Cloud 7/The Beat of My Heart

Longevity does not always guarantee quality — these 1950s albums show all Bennett’s weaknesses, wobbly pitching and mangling lyrics among...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

The Live New Departures Jazz Poetry Septet: Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead (Jazz Poetry Superjam #1)

Laurie Morgan | Pete Brown | Stan Tracey | John Mumford | Bobby Wellins | Jeff Clyne | Michael Horovitz

This recently discovered live recording from a Southampton University gig in March 1962 is irrefutable proof positive of what a...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: July/2013

Jamil Sheriff Big Band: Ichthyology

Jamie Taylor | Mark Chandler | Sean Hollis | Simon Beddoe | Russell Henderson | Joel Purnell | Eryl Roberts | Stuart Garside | Jamil Sheriff | Chris Hibbard

We expect great things from Leeds these days, in no small part thanks to the influence of Jamil Sheriff, who...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59

Tubby Hayes | Jackie Sharpe | Harry Klein | Dave Usden | Jimmy Deuchar | Lennie Bush | Bill Eyden | Alan Branscombe | Dickie Hawdon | Mike Senn

Although during his teens Edward Brian (Tubby) Hayes had briefly made his presence heard on recordings by Kenny Baker (1951),...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Arne Jansen: The Sleep of Reason-Ode to Goya

Arne Jansen | Nils W໬ker | Eric Schaefer | Stephan Braun | Andreas Edelmann | Friedrich Paravicini

The art of painter Francisco Goya – the Iberian master who dared to offer up ironic portraits of the Spanish...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

George Duke: DreamWeaver

Michael Patches Stewart | Chill | Teena Marie | Jim Gilstrap | Howard Hewett | Christian McBride | Karnasi Washington | Jef Lee Johnson | John Roberts | Gorden Campbell

By his own admission, this is Duke’s “most honest” album in years, born as it is from the tragic loss...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013