Houston Person & Ron Carter: Chemistry

Houston Person | Ron Carter

Believe it or not, this is their fifth album together as a duo since 1990. And it's one of the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2016

Earl Bostic: Four Classic Albums

Here's 2CDs worth of the Bostic formula – that growly, distinctive alto with generally robust and usually swinging backdrops, playing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Tubby Hayes & Paul Gonsalves: Change Of Setting

Tubby Hayes | Jackie Sharpe | Les Condon | Tony Coe | John Lamb | Ronnie Stephenson | Tony Crombie | Harry South | Ray Nance | Ronnie Scott

It was hard for the reviewer to separate objectivity from nostalgia, since I had the mono LP long ago, before...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2016

Burnt Belief: Emergent

Jon Durant | Vinny Sabatino | Colin Edwin

There's a neat synchronicity in Emergent's release coming alongside a slew of King Crimson reissues. There's a direct connection to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Emile Parisien Quintet: Sfumato

Emile Parisien | Simon Tailleu | Joachim Kuhn | Mario Costa | Manu Codjia

During the last decade the French jazz scene has become extremely vibrant, especially in Paris. French jazz musicians have their...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2016

Russell Malone: All About Melody

Willie Jones | Rick Germanson | Russell Malone | Luke Sellick

Malone's latest could as easily be titled ‘Message to Jim Hall’, one of this relaxed release's standout cuts. Like his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Wes Montgomery: Montgomeryland

Wes with brothers Buddy and Monk teamed up (originally by Pacific Jazz) with saxophonists Pony Poindexter or Harold Land, makes...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

Don Menza: First Flight (Complete Recordings)

Vigorous latin-tinged music from the NY-born, California-based tenorist, on a classic album (including outtakes and new songs) that put him...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

Chet Baker Quartet: Vol. 1

Jimmy Bond | Gerard Gustin | Chet Baker | Nils-Bertil Dahlander

When, in September 1955, the Chet Baker Quartet arrived in Paris, they were filled with youthful optimism for they were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2016

Charlie Parker: Laird Baird: Integrale Vol 12

The project to document all Parker's work reaches December 1952-mid-1953, and includes Miles’ ‘The Serpent's Tooth’ session, and ends with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016