Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis: Somethin' Else

Hank Jones | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | Sonny Stitt | Sam Jones | Art Blakey

With sound as good (though slightly less bass-heavy) as the official RVG/Blue Note reissue, this has an extra live Newport...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019

Nino Rota: Fellini, Visconti: Decadence and Dreams

A 2CD compilation of Rota's film music for Fellini and Visconti, this flits in and out of jazz into a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015

Omara Portuondo: Magic Negra

Tomas Ramos | Omara Portuondo | Andres Coayo | Alexandre Abreu | Gaston Joya | Rolanda Luna | Juan Manuel Ceruito | Rodney Iyarza Barreto

In 1958 a 25-year-old singer named Omara Portuondo, a former dancer at the Tropicana Club, broke away from the all-female...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2015

Amancio D'Silva: Konkan Dance

Don Rendall | Amancio D'Silva | Clem Alford | Stan Tracey | Alan Branscombe | Keshav Sathe | Toni Campo | Mick Ripshar

Konkan Dance is a Denis Preston production from London's Lansdowne Studios – the nexus for so much that occurred in...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: April/2015

Dave Brubeck: Dave Digs Disney

Another great album given the Pollwinners treatment, by adding alternate takes that bring considerable extra value to this CD issue...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2015

George Crowley: Can of Worms

Sam Lasserson | Tom Challenger | Jon Scott | Dan Nicholls | George Crowley

While Sunderland-born tenor saxophonist George Crowley's 2011 debut Paper Universe was a fairly orthodox slice of energetic post-bop, the new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Phil Donkin: The Gate

Glenn Zaleski | Jochen Rückert | Phil Donkin | Ben Wendel

Expectations have been running high concerning the career of Phil Donkin for close to a decade now. Graduating from the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Wes Montgomery: In The Beginning

For the most part these two CDs document Montgomery's pre-fame years when he split his waking hours between being a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

Adam Birnbaum: Three of a Mind

Adam Birnbaum | Al Foster | Doug Weiss

A graceful Kenny Barron-mentored young pianist in the classic post-bop mould is the sideman for luminary Miles drummer Al Foster,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015

Ibrahim Electric: Rumours from Outer Space

The popular Danish B3 monster grooving trio operate in a field that combines 1960s R&B-jazz and psych-prog but unless you're...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015