Mahogany & Lakatos: The Coltrane Hartman Fantasy Vol. 1

A vocalist (Kevin Mahogany) and saxophonist (Tony Lakatos) play a selection of Hartman and Coltrane standards as well as also...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Animation: Agemo

Bob Belden | Tim Hagans | DJ Logic | Scott Kinsey | Matt Garrison | Guy Licata

Got new headphones? No? Well don’t come back until you have. Agemo is a reworking of Asiento, itself a live...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2012

Freddie Hubbard: Splash

Fans of Hubbard's fusion period will no doubt love this reissue from 1981, but it was never his strongest suit,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Spider's Web: I Don't Know What's On Your Mind

More boogie funk from Ace's BGP series of reissues from Fantasy's 1970s catalogue, mainly notable for bassist Carol Kaye on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Jimmie Lunceford: Complete Decca Sessions

Claude Trenier | Gerald Wilson | Joe Marshall | Tommy Stevenson | Paul Webster | Trrnmy Young | Eddie Durham | Eddie Wilcox | Jimmy Crawford | Snooky Young

Lunceford ran the highly popular big band that big band fans seem to have forgotten about. Maybe this has something...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012

Junior Mance: Junior

Mance's leader debut made during his time with Dizzy Gillespie features Ray Brown and Lex Humphries in a model example...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Jon Stokes | Dave Hamblett | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin | Dafydd Williams | ohn Turville | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Bud Powell: Trio And Solo/Four Classic Albums Plus

Bud Powell | George Duvivier | Buddy Rich | Ray Brown | Art Taylor

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) and Bud Powell (1924-1966) may well be recognised as the undisputed architects of modern bebop piano, but...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Ravi Shankar: Nine Decades: Vol. I 1967-68

Kamala Chakravarty | Temple priests | Ravi Shankar | Alla Rakha

Nine Decades: Volume 1 is the inaugural CD release from the Ravi Shankar Foundation's archives. It comprises three tracks. Of...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: February/2012

Radio.string.quartet.vienna: Radiodream

Igmar Jenner | Cynthia Liao | Asja Valcic | Bernie Mallinger

The arrival of the radio.string.quartet.vienna with an unlikely album of compositions from one of the loudest bands in jazz history,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2012