Stan Getz: Award Winner

Leroy Vinnegar | Stan Getz | Lou Levy | Stan Levey

Directly following a spirited romp through ‘All God's Chillun Got Rhythm’, Getz quizzes his accompanists in all seriousness “Did I...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Cal Tjader: Agua Dulce

Not Tjader's best work, but some fine vibes playing sits amid the cod-Spanish and scraping guiros of this Latin-funk blend....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Uri Caine: The Drummer Boy

Ralph Alessi | Arto Lindsay | Joey Baron | Michael Formanek | Uri Caine | Shulamith Wechter Caine | Josef Bierbichler | Aaron Bensoussan | Jim Black | Larry Gold

Caine is an excellent pianist and arranger, while Gustav Mahler was an extraordinary composer. But hearing the famous passing—note discord...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012

Clark Terry: The Happy Horns of Clark Terry/It's What's Happenin'

Milt Hinton | Roger Kellaway | Dave Bailey | Walter Perkins | George Duvivier | Don Friedman | Clark Terry | Phil Woods | Terry | Ben Webster

One of Impulse's new 2-on-1 series, this pairs a brace of Terry's 1960s LPs complete with original photos and art...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012

Cannonball Adderley: The Black Messiah

Walter Booker | Airto Moreira | George Duke | Roy McCurdy | Buck Clarke | Nat Adderley | Ernie Watts | Cannonball Adderley | Alvin Batiste

Recorded live at the Troubadour club in Los Angeles in 1970, this criminally overlooked double LP presents aficionados of authentic...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2012

Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts: An Attitude For Gratitude

Terell Stafford | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson | Gary Versace

Every couple of years or so, veteran West Coast-based husband and wife team pianist Wofford and flautist Hofmann come up...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Ruby Braff: The Complete Bethlehem Recordings

Braff at his lyrical 1950s best with 5 LPs (the fifth from Vanguard( collected on this 2 CD set, the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Buddy DeFranco-Tommy Gumina Quartet: Pacific Standard (Swingin' Time)

You either love the jazz accordion or you don't – Gumina's playing from 1960/61 is a bit of an acquired...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Julian Joseph: Live At The Vortex in London

Joseph

It's been a long while since Joseph has recorded under his own name, the nearest in living memory being his...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012

DR Big Band featuring Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts: The Impaler

With compositions by Tain, Michael Brecker and Thad Jones, it's the drummer who ensures an explosively punctuated engine room for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012