Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald: Complete Decca Sessions (1934-1941)

Eddie Barefield | Van Alexander | Taft Jordan | Louis Jordan | Chick Webb | Ella Fitzgerald | Teddy McRae | Bill Beason | Mills Brothers | Sandy Williams

Many famous drummers paid tribute, both verbally and in their playing, to Chick Webb (born February 1909, dead from tuberculosis...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2014

Abdullah Ibrahim: African Piano

Abdullah Ibrahim

Done on one of Ibrahim's return visits to Copenhagen's Montmartre, where the Dollar Brand Trio had been recorded for Fontana/Black...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2014

Louise Gibbs and The Septet: 7 Deadly Sings

Oli Hayhurst | Louise Gibbs | Tom White | Quentin Collins | Sam Gardner | Tony Kofi | Sam Leak | Tim Whitehead

Hot on the heels of Soweto Kinch's The Legend of Mike Smith, comes another jazz treatment of the Seven Deadly...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2014

Album Interview: John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: The Boston Record

Étienne M’Bappé | Ranjit Barot | Gary Husband | John McLaughlin

Recorded during the summer of last year, this is the second album by this version of 4th Dimension and numbers...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014

Josh Kemp: Tone Poetry

Richard Barr | Spencer Brown | Tim Lapthorn | Josh Kemp | Jon Scott | Mick Hutton

The saxophonist and composer Josh Kemp is a member of the E17 Jazz Collective, one of the more dedicated beboppers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Tom Scott: Tom Scott & The L.A. Express/Tom Cat/New York Connection

Tom Scott | Joe Sample | Bob James | Larry Carlton | Steve Gadd | Ralph McDonald | Max Bennett | Eric Gale | Gary King | John Guerin

A three-CDs-for-one package that captures the heady time when rock, jazz and, lummee, commercial success briefly coalesced. The eponymous debut...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Live Snakes

From concerts recorded in 2011 and 2013, this Boston-based collective run by the saxophonist Ken Field (with guests Josh Roseman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Diego Barber + Craig Taborn: Tales

Diego Barber | Craig Taborn

The Lanzarote-born, New York-based acoustic guitarist's duo partner is at the vanguard of cutting-edge jazz but shows his adaptive nature...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Frank Wess: Magic 201

Frank Wess | Rufus Reid | Russell Malone | Wynard Harper | Kenny Barron

Kansas City tenorman Frank Wess, who died last October at the grand old age of 91, was best known for...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014

Jimmy Smith Quartet: Back at the Chicken Shack/Midnight Special

Stanley Turrentine | Kenny Burrell | Donald Bailey | Jimmy Smith

The Hammond organ sound may be a commonplace part of today's musical landscape, but t'were not ever thus. At a...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014