Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth: The Stereo and Mono Versions

Eddie Lockjaw Davis | Roger Kellaway | Patti Bown | Grady Tate | Pepper Adams | Clark Terry | J.J. Johnson | Phil Woods | Jack Wilson | Ben Webster

I realise there's a fashion for reissuing the mono versions of famous sessions we've long loved in stereo, on the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018

Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Julian Lage | Scott Colley | Jesse Harris | Tyler Chester | Kenny Wollesen

Kick off your shoes and revel in the twang-tastic world of Lage the Tele-master. In barely 40 minutes and 11...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2018

Houston Person: Rain Or Shine

Houston Person | Vincent Ector | Lafayette Harris | Warren Vaché | Rodney Jones | Matthew Parrish

From the first few bars of the piano intro to ‘Come Rain or Come Shine’ you'll know you're in for...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2018

Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen: Pilgrim

Jesper Uno Kofoed | Gustaf Ljunggren | Esben Eyermann | Arve Henriksen | Janne Mark | Henrik Gunde Pedersen

The Jutland-born vocalist Janne Mark's musical background is in religious song and since 2000 she's been a regular singer at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Dexter Gordon: The Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon: From Los Angeles to New York

Freddy Hubbard | Richard Boone | Laurence Marable | Horace Parlan | Dolo Coker | Martin Banks | Paul Chambers | Kenny Drew | George Tucker | Charles Green

The three albums that make up this 2CD compilation capture Dexter Gordon confidently claiming his place in the tenor sax...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2018

Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

The Cologne-based Pablo Held has been wowing critics in his native Germany and beyond for about 10 years now. Even...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Mark Cherrie Quartet: Joining The Dots

Eric Ford | Mark Cherrie | Sumudu | John Donaldson | Dominic Grant | Mick Hutton

As the son of Ralph Cherrie, who along with Russell Henderson and Sterling Betancourt was one of the Trinidadian steel-pan...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

The Lyman Woodard Organization: Saturday Night Special

Ron English | Norma Jean Bell | Lornezo Brown | Leonard King | Lyman Woodard

This highly rated collector's item is given a welcome, and therefore affordable, new lease of life on CD. Though originally...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018

Tom Ridout: No Excuses

Anita Kurowska | Alexandra Ridout | Rob Luft | Will Barry | Billy Marrows | Flo Moore | Tom Ridout | Cecilia Bignall | Anastasia Stahlmann | Didier Osindero

I know how it goes. You're straight out of music college with a couple of awards under your belt. It's...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2018

Louis Prima: The Wildest Show at Tahoe/Strictly Prima

With Prima, Keely Smith and Sam Butera firing on all cylinders with the Witnesses in 1956-58, this shows exactly how...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018