Dexter Gordon: Four Classic Albums – Second Set

Hank Jones | Percy Heath | Billy Mitchell | Ray Charles | Milt Hinton | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Milt Jackson | Oscar Pettiford | Lucky Thompson

A previous collection in Avid's series covered Gordon's sadly brief surfacing in 1955 and the start of his more permanent...

Reviewed by Brain Priestley in issue: August/2019

Brian Bromberg: Full Circle

The former Stan Getz sideman/smooth jazz star bassist Brian Bromberg's piccolo bass apes the sound of a guitar throughout this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Johnny Coles: The Warm Sound

The Phono release of this debut album by trumpeter Coles (reviewed here in July 2015) offers two bonus sessions, so...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Barry Harris: Live In Tokyo

Leroy Williams | Sam Jones | Barry Harris

I should have remembered that there was a cover version of ‘Un Poco Loco’ by Harris, a keen follower of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2016

Absolute Sweet Marie: Another Side of Blonde on Blonde

This smart young German brass-and-drums quartet treat us to their intriguing sideways take on the Bob Dylan album classic....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Mel Lewis: Septet and Sextet

A brilliant pair of West Coast all-star sessions from 1956-67, in which Lewis's immaculate swing backs soloists among whom Pepper...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Christian Chevallier: Le Prince du Jazz Français

A real revelation – the big band and small group work of France's leading pianist and arranger from 1955-59, with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2016

Henrik Jensen's Followed by Thirteen: Black Water

Following the 2013 debut Qualia, the Danish-born London-based bassist Henrik Jensen's quartet, featuring trumpeter Andre Canniere, has a sound that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

The Dave Pike Quartet: Pike's Peak

Walter Perkins | Bill Evans | Herbie Lewis | Dave Pike

This is the second album under Pike's own name, and interest in it centres primarily around the fact that the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016

Lucky Thompson: Soul's Nite Out

Peer Wyboris | Eric Peter | Tete Montoliu | Lucky Thompson

First released on the Spanish Ensayo label, this session has also appeared on Ogun and Nessa, ahead of this reissue...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016