Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection

Lonnie Hillyer | Wynton Marsalis | Shafi Hadi | Don Ellis | Booker Ervin | George Adams | Horace Parlan | Randy Brecker | Gunther Schuller | Joe Chambers

Compared to the stifling effect of Sony's blanket coverage of Dave Brubeck, their holdings of Mingus are quite modest. Now...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

David Kikoski: Consequences

Christian McBride | David Kikoski | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts

So much is written about Keith Jarrett, Vijay Iyer and Jason Moran, one tends to overlook a pianist like David...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2012

Savoy Orpheans: Everybody Stomp

Chris Ellis' latest collection of British proto-jazz from 1923-7 features the Staritas and others in various Savoy hotel bands....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Tony Lakatos: Home Tone

Axel Schlosser | Robert Hurst | Tony Lakatos | Billy Drummond | Robi Botos

Lavishly endorsed by Dave Liebman on the album jacket, Hungarian-born tenorist Tony Lakatos is hailed as a fine player of...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2012

Stian Westerhus: The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers

Stian Westerhus

This third postcard from the edge from pioneering Norwegian guitarist/composer Stian Westerhus goes some way to charting the progress of...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2012

Carmen McRae: Complete Ralph Burns Sessions

These 1950s sessions are classic examples of early Carmen, with Ben Webster the star soloist on 11 of the 24...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Steve Davis: Gettin’ It Done

Steve Davis | Billy Williams | Josh Bruneau | Mike DiRubbo | Nat Reeves | Larry Willis

Steve's usual band One For All hasn't made a record for a couple of years, but this is very much...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2012

Dayna Stephens: Today is Tomorrow

Julian Lage | Raffi Garabedian | Aaron Parks | Donald Edwards | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Michael Rodriguez | Dayna Stephens

As so often in its history, Criss Cross certainly spots talented relative newcomers with something different to say. Meet Brooklyn-born,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2012

Gerd Dudek: Day and Night

Oli Hayhurst | Gerd Dudek | Hans Koller | Gene Calderazzo

Schwartz's studio in Ardingly, this is a fine opportunity to enjoy the often unjustly forgotten-about German saxophonist Dudek, now well...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: October/2012

Mel Powell: Four Classic albums Plus

The essential non-Goodman albums by this brilliant pianist and composer, Avid yet again draw together an indispensible package....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019