Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 (Remix and Remastered Edition)

The drummer revisits a contemporary jazz-rock 2011 release with remixes and alternative versions boosted by such a-list muso friends and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Jef Neve: One

Dionne Bennett | Asaf Sirkis | Jason Rebello | Hossam Ramzy | Tim Garland | Ant Law

When Jef Neve burst on the European scene with Nobody is Illegal in 2006, it seemed like a star had...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016

Stefano Bollani: Sheik Yer Zappa

Stefano Bollani | Josh Roseman | Jason Adasiewicz | Jim Black | Larry Grenadier

With a stellar band and the whole Zappa universe to choose from, expectations for this project come high. Bollani himself...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015

Dinah Washington: In the Land of Hi-fi/Unforgettable

Two of Washington's most celebrated albums (with orchestral backing) from the 1950s, these rank among her finest work, supported among...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Jaga Jazzist: 94–’14

Even Ormestad | Martin Horntveth | Morten Qvenild | Jørgen Munkeby | Jørgen Træen | Mathias Eick | Andreas Mjøs | Lars Wabø | Line Horntveth | Harald Frøland

This garishly green and sparklingly lettered limited edition triple vinyl box set (and four track download) package is something of...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2015

Irène Schweizer and Jürg Wickihalder: Spring

Jürg Wickihalder | Irène Schweizer

A series of conversations across the generations: pianist Schweizer a legend of European free jazz, while saxophonist Wickihalder represents the...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2015

Duke Ellington: Highlights of the Great 1940-1942 Band

One or two European reissues aside, RCA's own CDs of the Blanton-Webster band largely suffered from poor sound quality, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Thelonious Monk: 'Round Midnight: Complete Blue Note Singles (1947-1952)

Billy Smith | Max Roach | Thelonious Monk | Nelson Boyd | Kenny Dorham | Gene Ramey | Robert Paige | Idrees Sulieman | Kenny Hagood | George Taitt

We're told the jukebox was invented in 1890, but it certainly came of age in Depression-era America, and it not...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2015

Charlie Parker: Integrale Vol 8: Laura

The estimable plan to present all of Bird in chronological order reaches 1950, with the Hank Jones quartet, the Granz...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

Vincent Herring: The Uptown Shuffle

As per the above collection of releases, the ex-Nat Adderley sideman plays a fiery Jackie Mclean-ish alto here in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015