Earl Hines: Four Classic Albums Plus

Post-Armstrong Hines from 1954-61 in two small bands and two trio settings, this is a good cross section, even if...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Harry Allen Jan Lundgren Quartet: Quietly There

The Lester Young influenced New York veteran saxophonist Harry Allen plays from the Johnny Mandel songbook with a Danish quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Teresa Brewer: The Songs Of Bessie Smith/It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

Count Basie | Teresa Brewer | Duke Ellington | Thad Jones

As the jazz critic Nat Hentoff writes in the original liner notes, “I can't recall any evolution quite like that...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2015

Bill Evans: Peace Pieces

Percy Heath | Freddie Hubbard | Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Jim Hall | Connie Kay | Scott Lafaro | Cannonball Adderley | Teddy Kotick | Chuck Israels

An interesting choice, since this wasn't an original album as such. Compiled by the new owners of Riverside after the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015

Ornette Coleman Quartet: Live In Paris 1971

Ed Blackwell | Dewey Redman | Charlie Haden | Ornette Coleman

Furious debate may rage over what constitutes the best band that Ornette has ever led but this memorable gig undoubtedly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2015

Antithesis

Herbert Hartmann | Michelle Von Ritter | Urs Vörkel | Bob Egloff | Denis Baggi

“The basic contradictions of the civilization in which we live become more and more evident everywhere in the Western world....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2015

Lalo Schifrin: Bossa Nova and Latin Sessions

Moonlighting from Dizzy's quintet, Argentinean pianist Schifrin borrowed his colleagues for a series of latin albums for several labels, including...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Stéphane Grappelli: Violinspiration

From 1975 this is one of the earliest recordings of the hot club style band with Diz Disley that Stéphane...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Duane Eubanks Quintet: Things of That Particular Nature

Steve Nelson | Marc Cary | Eric McPherson | Abraham Burton | Duane Eubanks | Dezron Douglas

It's been more than a decade since trumpeter Duane Eubanks released his sophomore release Second Take on TCB records. During...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2015

Jormin/Willemark/Nakagawa: Trees of Light

A Japanese-Swedish link-up might seem odd at first but ECM tend to recognise the potential in fertile connections such as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015