Lester Young: Pres And Teddy

Teddy Wilson | Gene Ramey | Lester Young | John Lewis | Jo Jones

Such was the iconic status that Lester Young previously earned for himself with both Count Basie and Billie Holiday, that...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014

George Mraz and Zoe Rahman: Unison: Jazz at Greville Lodge Vol. 3

Zoe Rahman | George Mraz

‘His balance and innate sensitivity make him one of the finest jazz bassists around today.’ So wrote Oscar Peterson of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2014

Glenn Miller: Live at Glen Island Casino

Ten NBC airshots by the Miller band will be welcomed by Miller collectors, but with a plethora of Glenn available...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Iskra 1903: South On The Northern

Philipp Wachsmann | Barry Guy | Paul Rutherford

Violinist Wachsmann recorded these two previously unissued London gigs on cassettes, but the quality is very high, capturing the acoustic...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014

Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places

Malcolm Griffiths | Mike Osborne | Chris McGregor | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Harry Miller | Keith Tippett | Mark Charig | Ray Evans

The contribution of South African exiles to UK jazz in the 1960s and 1970s was monumental, and Harry Miller was...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2014

Peter Brendler/John Abercrombie: The Angle Below

On his debut recording the young ex-Berklee acoustic bassist duets with the unassuming, mellow-toned guitar legend on a resourcefully introspective...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Christine Tobin: A Thousand Kisses Deep

Huw Warren | Adriano Adewale | Phil Robson | Dave Whitford | Christine Tobin

Whether it's an affinity with his poetic sensibility – and at least one of the songs on this 11-track collection,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Dizzy Gillespie: The New Continent

Lalo Schifrin’s suite for Dizzy’s big band gets a welcome re-release plus a spectacular bonus of the Museum of Modern...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Kate Daniels: Atmospherics

Winston Clifford | Alec Dankworth | John Etheridge | Kate Daniels | Liran Donin | Mike Piggott | Tony Coe | Sam Bailey | Graham Pike | John Horler

After the Singing Detective comes a Singing Psychotherapist. By day, Kate Daniels walks the mean consulting rooms of north London's...

Reviewed by Brian Glasser in issue: March/2014

Max Roach Quintet: Swiss Radio Days

Max Roach | Stanley Turrentine | Bobby Boswell | Tommy Turrentine | Julien Priester

For Max Roach the sudden death of trumpet icon Clifford Brown and piano prodigy Richie Powell in a 1956 Pennsylvania...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: March/2014