Duke Ellington: Retrospection/The Piano Sessions

All Ellington’s piano trios (and a trio of duos) from 1953-7 in one place and creating an excellent counterpart to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Curtis Amy: Groovin' Blue/Way Down/Tippin' On Through

George Morrow | Bob Whitlock | Curtis Amy | Jimmy Bond | Victor Feldman | Bobby Hutcherson | Frank Butler | Roy Ayers | Tony Bazley | Frank Strazzeri

Ever since I first acquired a vinyl of TheBlues Message back in the 1960s, I’ve had a warm affection for...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

Miguel Zenón & The Rhythm Collective: Oye!!! Live in Puerto Rico

Tony Escapa | Miguel Zenón | Reynaldo De Jesus | Aldemar Valentin

This magnificent quartet of top Puerto Rican musicians was put together in 2003 for a US State Department Jazz Ambassadors’...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2013

René Marie: I Wanna Be Evil (With Love To Eartha Kitt)

René Marie | Adrian Cunningham | Quentin Baxter | Wycliffe Gordon | Etienne Charles | Kevin Bales | Elias Bailey

I was a huge fan of René Marie’s previous two Motéma releases, Voice Of My Beautiful Country and Black Lace...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2013

Bob Brookmeyer: Traditionalism Revisited

One of the great Pacific Jazz albums, with Bob, Giuffre and Jim Hall on top form, this clones the Essential...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Chuck Mangione: Love Notes/Disguise/Save Tonight For Me

Three 1980s Columbia albums given BGO’s characteristically thorough reissue treatment, but ultimately this proto-smooth jazz palls swiftly....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights

John Parricelli | Jim Tomlinson | Joshua Morrison | Graham Harvey | Matt Home | Stacey Kent | Jeremy Brown

Bringing Stacey Kent’s love for Brazilian music sharply into focus, The Changing Lights finds the singer’s storytelling gifts reaching ever-greater...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2013

Bryan Corbett/Chris Dodd: Green BCCD

Formerly of US3, this duo similarly looks to a kind of cool, urban groove, though one that’s more jazz club...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Dave Holland's Prism: Prism

Kevin Eubanks | Dave Holland | Eric Harland | Craig Taborn

This is a startling deviation from the finely tuned precision of Holland’s ensembles, previously represented on the ECM label, Universal...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2013

John Coltrane: The Complete Paul Chambers Sessions

Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

Coltrane’s three 1956 sessions under the leadership of Chambers aren’t absolutely essential (Chambers’ Music, High Step and Whims of Chambers,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013