Lester Young: Four Classic Albums

They don't come better than this – Pres with the Peterson trio and the Buddy Rich Trio, but the two...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Slowly Rolling Camera: Juniper

Sam Glaser | Tom Barford | Nicolas Kummert | Elliot Bennett | Mark Lockheart | James Copus | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Stuart McCallum | Aidan Thorne

Juniper marks a return to deep roots for Slowly Rolling Camera. Much loved as Dionne Bennett's vox were, the band...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Nik Turner and Youth: Pharaohs from Outer Space

Youth | Nik Turner

Killing Joke bassist and producer Youth's new label, Painted Word, directly homages ECM's austere design and preference for “experimental ambient...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2018

The Stanley Clarke Band: The Message

Salar Nadar | Doug Webb | Ron Stout | Mike Mitchell | Chuck Findley | Steve Blum | Pat Leonard | Mark Isham | Chris Clarke | Michael Thompson

Clarke is and will forever be a hero, but you've gotta wonder about the message of The Message. It reads...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2018

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band: West Side Story Reimagined

Gabrielle Garo | Tim Sessions | Oreste Abrantes | Ben Sutin | Matthew Gonzalez | David DeJesus | Kevin Bryan | David Dejesus | Shareet Clayton | Takio Heisho

In his centenary year, Leonard Bernstein's work is getting plenty of attention. And among the offerings celebrating this titan of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Ralph Flanagan: Flanagan's Boogie

Top NY session players populate pianist (and erstwhile vocalist) Flanagan's 1951-56 big band, playing in the style of a slightly...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Digby Fairweather & Danny Moss: Digby Fairweather Meets Danny Moss

Derek Hogg | Stan Barker | Digby Fairweather | Norman Fisk | Danny Moss

Fairweather and the late tenorist Moss knew each other well, having shared bandstands in London and in Australia, later Moss's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2018

John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane

Steve Davis | Eric Dolphy | Freddie Hubbard | Art Davis | John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

The last of the original Atlantic Coltranes, Olé often gets overlooked because it doesn't have the impact of earlier albums...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2018

Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes: Uplift The People

Louis Moholo-Moholo | John Edwards | Alexander Hawkins | Jason Yarde | Shabaka Hutchings

This group is a vital preservation and extension of the all-important legacy of South African jazz in Britain. Moholo-Moholo's grandee...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018

Fletcher Henderson: A Study In Frustration

Rex Stewart | Fats Waller | Roy Eldridge | Horace Henderson | J. C. Higginbotham | Ralph Escudero | Fletcher Henderson | Sid Catlett | Don Redman | Buster Bailey

Originally produced in 1961 as a 4LP anthology set for Columbia by John Hammond and Frank Driggs, this 3CD set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018