Count Basie: Original Album Series

Toots Thielemans | Bill Evans | Elliott Zigmund | Marc Johnson | Eddie Gomez | Larry Schneider | Joe LaBarbera

The Basie group of the late 1950s wrote the book on much of what's expected from the average big band,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2016

Steps Ahead: Magnetic

Drool as we may over that line up (ah, that it could be recreated now!), it's the 1986 bit that's...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017

Randy Brecker with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Dearborn Station

Captured live at Chicago's Jazz Showcase, a student big band dip into the standards folder and a couple of compositions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Louis Armstrong: At The Crescendo 1955 Complete Edition

Everything here from Crescendo was on MCA's excellent 3CD California Concerts from 1992 (still available) but this issue replaces MCA's...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Les McCann: Live At Montreux

Donald Dean | Jimmy Rowser | Les McCann | Buck Clark

Over the years the annual Montreux Jazz Festival has acted as an international springboard for many an artist. Take the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2015

Hadley Caliman

Bill Douglas | Larry Vuckovich | Clarence Becton | Hadley Caliman | John White Jnr

The Boplicity series is proving invaluable for the light it shines on the unknowns as well as the known quantities...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Madeleine Peyroux: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux

Madeleine Peyroux

This 2CD compilation of the singer-songwriter's 18-year career features material stretching all the way back to her 1996 Atlantic debut,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015

Paul Grabowsky: Solo

Andrew McCormack

Paul Grabowsky is one of the major figures in the Australian jazz scene, but it would be fair to say...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2020

Duke Jordan: Three Classic Albums

Duke Jordan gets the Avid treatment, bundling material from the Signal, Blue Note, Savoy and Charlie Parker labels under his...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015

Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg ‘72

Keith Jarrett | Paul Motian | Charlie Haden

The three albums by this trio that date from 1967-71 and which were most recently reissued on Atlantic have a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015