Buddy De Franco: Cooking The Blues/Sweet And Lovely

A set of 1954 dates by De Franco with Sonny Clark (on piano and – less successfully – organ) and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016

Coleman Hawkins/Clark Terry: Back In Bean's Bag

Roy Haynes | Art Davis | Coleman Hawkins | Major Holley | Clark Terry | Sonny Clark | Dick Hyman | Willie Dennis | Chuck Israels | Dave Bailey

To my knowledge this is the first time these two great artists recorded together. Fortunately, it proved to be a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016

Klemens Marktl Sextet: December

Aaron Goldberg | Klemens Marktl | Seamus Blake | John Ellis | Joe Locke | Harish Raghavan

Austrian drummer Marktl has assembled a cast of New York heavyweights for this nicely-balanced set of 10 originals. The strong...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016

Stefania DiPierro: Natural

Bari hipster Nicola Conte teams up with a Brazilian vocalist from their former cult Italian clubby 1990s jazz collective Fez,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

James Chance & The Contortions: Buy

Adele Bertei | George Scott | Pat Plac | Jody Harris | Don Christensen | David Hoftsra | James Chance

Though he's forever associated with New York's post-punk No Wave scene, James Chance really just wanted to be a jazzer....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2016

Lew Tabackin Trio: Soundscapes

Saxophonist/flutist Lew Tabackin says he was encouraged to record this set by jazz photographer Jimmy Katz: sessions went ahead at...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

The Simon Lasky Group: Story Inside

Simon Lasky | Luca Boscagin | Jeff Lardner | Pete Billington | Satin Singh | Shanti Jayasinha

Simon Lasky has a wide-ranging background, from studying classical and film music to playing on cruise ships. He is as...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: May/2016

Chet Baker: Cool Baker Vols 1 and 2

All the 1953-54 Pacific Jazz studio sides with Russ Freeman are here, the same material having only recently appeared on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016

Herlin Riley: New Direction

Herlin Riley

One of the many fine musicians to come out of New Orleans, drummer Herman Riley is probably best known for...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2016

Oscar Pettiford: Complete Big Band Studio Recordings

The two-volume In Hi-Fi set of Pettiford's orchestra, with creative charts by Gigi Gryce and Lucky Thompson, appeared on CD...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016