Woody Herman: Woody Herman's Big New Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival

Ray Linn | Urbie Green | Charlie Byrd | Woody Herman | Richie Kamuca | Victor Feldman | Si Zentner | Don Lanphere | Monte Budwig | Bill Smiley

The problem that once faced premier league big band leaders was that they built up the profile of individual musicians...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2014

Chris Ingham Quartet: Hoagy

Enjoy this feast of timeless classics by Hoagy Carmichael presented with an infectious enthusiasm by the pianist/vocalist Chris Ingham and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Harvey Mason: Chameleon

Mark de Clive-Lowe | Chris Turner | Jimmy Haslip | Ben Williams | Harvey Mason | Bill Summers | Paul Jackson | Christian Scott | Corey King | Mathew Stevens

Miles may have exhorted us never to look back, but Mason's pulled off a cunning ploy with his splendid Concord...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Antonio Bertoni: ½ H(our) Drama

An album consisting of just one 36-minute track of solo arco double bass by a young Italian musician who makes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Adriano Adewale Group: Raizes

Kadialy Kouyaté | Marcel Andrade | Jenny Adejayan | Adriano Adewale | Alice Zawadzki | Nathan Rikki Thompson

The London-based Brazilian has been one of the most interesting additions to the British music scene in recent years, primarily...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2014

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Pisces

Curtis Fuller | Wayne Shorter | Lee Morgan | Jymie Merritt | Reggie Workman | Bobby Timmons | Cedar Walton | Art Blakey | Walter Davis

Anyone fortunate enough to have caught the Morgan/Shorter/Timmons/Merritt Messengers when they toured the UK in May 1961 with The Thelonious...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2014

Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project

Tim Hagans | Vic Juris | Rufus Reid | Ingrid Jensen | Steve Allee | Freddie Hendrix | Scott Robinson | Herlin Riley | Charence Wade

Double-bass sage Rufus Reid, whose leaner and meaner years were spent with stars like Dexter Gordon, has been involved in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane: Bags & Trane

Hank Jones | Paul Chambers | Connie Kay | Coltrane | Milt Jackson

Although this was Coltrane's first appearance at Atlantic studios, it was not issued in the US until after his own...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014

JT4: Tate Song

Troy Miller | Larry Bartley | Andrew McCormack | Jean Toussaint

JT4 are a working straight-ahead sax and rhythm quartet lead by one-time Jazz Messenger and long-time London resident, saxophonist Jean...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2014

Sue McCreeth: No Evil

A more mainstream jazz session but nevertheless another high quality recording from this ultra-flexible, well-regarded vocalist, singing from the Great...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014