Ron Miles: Quiver

Ralph Alessi | Nasheet Waits | Drew Gress | Gary Versace

It's hard to describe just how music so simple can be so effective, so moving, and so soulful. Miles takes...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016

Paul Plimley, Barry Guy, Lucas Niggli: Hexentrio

Barry Guy | Lucas Niggli | Paul Plimley

Seventeen tracks over 60 minutes, some barely a minute in length and, yet, Plimley et al succeed in achieving an...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Sun Ra: The Nubians Of Plutonia/Bad And Beautiful

Reissued one more time, these early Saturn sides from Sun Ra have been crammed together with no real thought about...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

John Coltrane: Complete Live at Sutherland Lounge

John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

It's probably the sound quality that’ll determine whether you buy this. This series of broadcasts was doubtless recorded with a...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Harold McNair

Spike Heatley | Tony Carr | Harold McNair | Bill Le Sage

Another welcome reissue from Dutton Vocalion. If Flute & Nut, with its occasional foolish forays into easy listening (‘You Are...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Ronan Guilfoyle: Renaissance Man

Cliodhna Ryan | Ronan Guilfoyle | Cian O Dúill | John Abercrombie | Kate Ellis | Conor Guilfoyle | Ioana Petcu-Colan

Guilfoyle is a leading Dublin-based bassist and educator who tours internationally and indeed appeared with his quintet at the 2009...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Marquis Hill: Sounds of the City

A Chicago-based 25-year old trumpet dude and his home-based quintet digs into a hard bop era sound with some teasing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Ben Webster/Stan Tracey: Soho Nights Vol.2

Stan Tracey | Rick Laird | Ben Webster | Jackie Dougan

It may be 48 years old, and bring with it a host of memories, but this previously unknown and unissued...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Louis Armstrong: Complete Louis Armstrong: Vol. 10. 1941–44

A project like this is at its best when it fills gaps, and this invaluable 3–CD set takes us through...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Bobo Stenson Trio: Indicum

Bobo Stenson | Anders Jormin | Jon Fält

In 1998, Stenson recorded War Orphans that began a run of sublime trio recordings, the first three with Jormin on...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013