Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot
Dan Mar-Molinero is an educator, saxophonist and composer working out of Southampton University’s very active jazz programme: you’ll find him...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023
Various Artists: Soho Scene ’57: Jazz Goes Mod
In the latest of these valuable compilations, the focus is on the contrasting UK and US modern jazz scenes as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Shabaka Hutchings: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace can be seen and heard as a conceptual rejoinder to Afrikan Culture. That album...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: The Capitol Singles Plus
In 1953, Ellington moved to Capitol Records from Columbia, citing the better promotion offered by his new label. Two years...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Mel Tormé: Mountain Greenery: His 51 Finest 1944-1962
There have been several Mel Tormé compilations in recent years, including from Avid, Proper and Acrobat, and each has balanced...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2025
Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Complete Commodore & Decca Sessions
Commodore, the first US independent label to specialise in small-group jazz, started operations the night after Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse
Following the late 2024 reissue of her debut Finding My Way Home (reviewed in Jazzwise 302) and ahead of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025
Alan Skidmore: A Supreme Love
It's testament to the richness of Skid's considerable output over the years that this box set of almost entirely unreleased...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2023
Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 2
The first volume of Digby’s career retrospective was reviewed in Jazzwise 251 (May 2020); now comes Volume Two. Again it’s...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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June Christy: Five Classic Albums (Second Set)
June Christy is a somewhat overlooked figure nowadays, but this first-rate collection from Avid, showcasing her elegant, perfectly-pitched and dynamically...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2021
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