Flip Phillips: Four Classic Albums

Tenorist Phillips gets the Avid four LPs on two CDs treatment, and reminds us what a fine, hard-swinging player he...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

David Virelles: Continuum

Jesper Bodilsen | Anders Thorén | Espen Berg | Seamus Blake | Hayden Powell

From the gong that resonates so grandly in the opening piece ‘One’ to the final jangling bells on the closer...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019

Heinz Sauer/Michael Wollny: Don't Explain: Live in Concert

Heinz Sauer | Michael Wollny

Context is all, and from his dynamic collaboration with Eva Kruse and Eric Schaefer in the trio [em] to his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

Ethel Ennis: The Complete 1955-58

The sweet voiced Ennis was a Capitol artist who put integrity over commercialism, and this collection (including her work with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Nina Simone: The Complete 1960-61

Excellent addition to Chante Du Monde's complete Simone edition adds singles to her three LPs from this period, with 28...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Webster/Holub/Anorak: Languages: Live at Vortex

Sheik Anorak | Colin Webster | Mark Holub

Sheik Anorak is the nom de guerre of Frank Garcia, boss of Gaffer Records and lynchpin of the thriving underground...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013

Joyce Collins: Girl Here Plays Mean Piano

An all-but forgotten name, Collins was a fine pianist and her 1960 debut on Jazzland album with Ray Brown, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Soumik Datta and Bernhard Schimpelsberger: Circle of Sound

Manu Delago | Bernhard Schimpelsberger | Talvin Singh | Soumik Datta | Pirashanna Thevarajah | Simon Nader

At this album's heart are British-based sarodist Soumik Datta and the British-based Austrian percussionist Bernhard Schimpelsberger. Datta is a student...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: February/2013

Patti Bown: Plays Big Piano

The reissued Columbia debut album of the Seattle-based protégé of Quincy Jones from 1959, reveals her as one of the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Frank Zappa: Zappa In New York (2CD)

Frank Zappa

This second tranche of Zappa reissues totalling 38 albums – from Waka/Jawaka to You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2013