Victor Feldman: Four Classic Albums

A boy-wonder on drums who went on to become an excellent pianist, vibraphonist and front-rank composer of classic modern-jazz themes,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2020

Bob Dorough: The Devil’s Best Tunes

Warren Fitzgerald | Bill Takas | Jack Hitchcock | Jerry Segal | Bob Dorough

Subtitled The Beatnik Scat Of Bob Dorough, this second release from Fingertips Records was one of last year‘s must-have vocal...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2012

Marc Copland and John Abercrombie: Speak to Me

John Abercrombie | Marc Copland

This pair of esteemed 60-something veterans could be said to have mellowed appreciably since their earliest collaboration on the 1973...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Adam Kolker: Reflections

Alex Sipiagin | David Kikoski | Conrad Herwig | Kenny Davis | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Igor Butman

The imaginative ex-Ray Barretto lyrical multi-reedsman is an established figure in New York's contemporary jazz scene....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Charles Mingus: Mingus Revisited

Ervin | Booker Ervin | Gunther Schuller | Yusef Lateef | Jmmy Knepper | Eric Dotyhy | Charles Mingus | Richard Wyands | Ted Curson | Joe Farrell

The latest public domain recycling of classic Mingus features two albums often relegated to second tier status, yet eminently worth...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012

Jeremy Pelt: Soul

Joe Morris | Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | Karl Berger | Michael Bisio | Gerald Cleaver

In the 2011 Jazzwise critics poll listings (December/January issue) both Roy Carr and this writer voted Jeremy Pelt's The Talented...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Carlo De Rosa | Vijay Iyer | Justin Brown | Mark Shim

DeRosa is quite a revelation. Best known as a sideman on records with the likes of Ralph Alessi and Rudresh...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Lurlean Hunter: The Velvet Voice

The entire four-album output of this greatly underrated 1950s singer is collected here on 2CDs, accompanied by Quincy Jones, Ernie...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Steve Gadd and Friends: Live at Voce

Joey DeFrancesco | Steve Gadd | Joey Defrancesco | Ronnie Cuber | Paul Bollenback

Some records can be enjoyed from the fi rst note, and this is one. Taped live at an off-the-beaten-track eatery...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: March/2012

Blue Touch Paper: Stand Well Back

Edward Maclean | Mark Lockheart | Benny Greb | Stephan Maass | Chris Montague | Colin Towns

For someone who has set out his stall in jazz as a composer and arranger of large ensembles, most notably...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2012