Shelly Manne And His Men: The Complete Live At The Black Hawk

Joe Gordon | Shelly Manne | Richie Kamuca | Victor Feldman | Monty Budwig

Manne’s group was recorded live by Lester Koenig’s Contemporary label during their three-day stay at San Francisco’s Black Hawk club,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Feb/2019

Bill Stewart Trio: Band Menu

Larry Grenadier | Walter Smith III | Bill Stewart

Sonny Rollins’ trio albums remain the gold standard for sax and rhythm trios, and there are hints of the colossus’s...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Feb/2019

John Barry: The Mono Years 1957-1962

A voyage back to the BBC Light Programme of the pre-Beatles era, when Barry’s guitar-led Seven seemed to be everywhere,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Sarah Gillespie: Wishbones

Accompanied by a band of young jazz heavies including Laura Jurd, Chris Montague and arranger-producer Kit Downes, the acoustic guitarist/singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Quiet Revolution

A New York-based trio’s tribute to a couple of jazz heroes, Jim Hall and Jimmy Guiffre, includes the latter’s ‘The...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ben Wendel: The Seasons

Matt Brewer | Aaron Parks | Ben Wendel | Gilad Hekselman | Eric Harland

Isn’t April supposed to be the cruellest month? That’s how TS Eliot had it, subverting Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and centuries...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Feb/2019

Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums

Alfred Lion at Blue Note liked to record lots of material by his chosen artists in a short space of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Misha Mengelberg/Peter Brötzmann/Evan Parker/Peter Bennink/Paul Rutherford/Derek Bailey/Han Bennink: Groupcomposing

Derek Bailey | Peter Brötzmann | Han Bennink | Misha Mengelberg | Evan Parker | Paul Rutherford | Peter Bennink

Originally released on the Dutch ICP label, this session convenes a veritable super-group of early European improv pioneers from Germany,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spice in issue: Feb/2019

Dizzy Gillespie & The United Nations Orchestra: Live At The Royal Festival Hall, London

Ed Cherry | Mario Rivera | Steve Turré | Airto Moreira | Arturo Sandoval | Paquito D'Rivera | Claudio Roditi | John Lee | James Moody | Slide Hampton

This is in many ways a wonderful re-release of the Enja album that first appeared in 1990 by a band...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Josh Kyle: Trombone Song Cycle

For some jazz fans, the unusual convergence of wordless vocal and four trombones might trigger instrumental prejudices that run deep;...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019