Ray Charles: Live At Newport 1960

David ‘Fathead’ Newman | Ray Charles | John Hunt | Edgar Willis | Philip Guilbeau | The Raelettes | Hank Crawford | Leroy Cooper | Milt Turner

A clutch of 45s had forewarned the public that Ray Charles was about to become a genuine force to be...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2017

Don Pullen/Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising

Don Pullen | Bobby Battle | Alex Blake | Sam Rivers

Very welcome reissue of something of a hidden gem in 1970s jazz. The energy of the Pullen-Rivers quartet positively combusts...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2017

Bobby Jaspar: Three Classic Albums Plus

The high point of Belgian reedman Jaspar's career: a fine Parisian session in 1955, followed by a period of glory...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Jowee Omicil: Let's BasH!

The Parisian-based Miles-ish multi-reedist-cornetist draws from the creole sauce of his Haitian background for an album that has a mellow...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Dave Soldier: The Eighth Hour Of Amduat

Adam Vidiksis | Dani Bash | Rebecca Cherry | Nick Millevoi | Akhmed Manedov | Sahoko Sato Timpone | Anthony di Bartolo | Dave Soldier | Juana Pinilla Paez | Dan Blacksberg

Dave Soldier is a collaborative musician, even working with animals. One of his most famous (and interesting) projects was to...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2017

Ramsey Lewis: An Hour with the Ramsey Lewis Trio

Ramsey's great ‘In Crowd’ hit was six years off when this was recorded in 1959, but already his trio with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Roswell Rudd/Steve Lacy/Misha Mengelberg/Kent Carter/Han Bennink: Regeneration

Roswell Rudd | Han Bennink | Misha Mengelberg | Kent Carter | Steve Lacy

Trombonist Roswell Rudd worked with Herbie Nichols in the early 1960s, shortly before the pianist's untimely death at the age...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2017

Tim Armacost: Time Being

Robert Hurst | Dave Kikoski | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Tim Armacost

The saxophonist – he plays tenor exclusively here – has said that Time Being's genesis lies in a mental audio-image...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: May/2017

Don Bagley: Four Classic Albums

West Coast bassist Bagley stars with the Kenton Orchestra and with his trio with Jimmy Rowles (augmented by the late...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Taylor Haskins: Gnosis

Melvis Santa | Rane Moore | David Virelles | Matthew Gould | Christine Chen | Alex Lipowski | Adam Cruz | Allison Loggins-Hill | Samuel DiCaprio | Yunior Lopez

This New York trumpeter's fascination with all things electronica hails initially from hearing Herbie's ‘Rockit’ back in the day, so...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017