Camille Thurman: Waiting For the Sunrise

Camille Thurman | Cecil McBee | Jack Wilkins | Jeremy Pelt | Steve Williams

It’s always been difficult for females in jazz to obtain the recognition their talent deserves. Easier perhaps in the UK...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Romane: Swing in Nashville

Gypsy guitarist Romane cut this collection of Reinhardt and swing numbers in Tennessee in 1992, reappearing as part of Frémeaux's...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Eric Alexander Trio: Just One Of Those Things

Dezron Douglas | Eric Alexander | Neal Smith

Eric Alexander gets to his inner John Coltrane from the first notes of ‘Just One of Those Things’ to the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2017

Herbie Mann: Complete Brazilian Sessions

Mann’s flute meets Jobim, Baden Powell and others on location in Rio in 1962 to create one of his most...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Esther Marrow: Newport News, Virginia

Good example of Marrow in her post-Ellington Sacred Concert transitional phase, moving into R&B, and recorded in period LA style...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Phil Woods: Three Classic Albums Plus

Four albums (minus one track) present the dynamic duo of altoists Phil Woods and Gene Quill in various different sized...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time OutTakes: Previously Unreleased Takes from the Original 1959 Sessions

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

Time Out, lest anybody needs reminding, was the first platinum-selling album in jazz, and the 45 rpm single from it,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Albert Ayler: Copenhagen Live 1964

Albert Ayler | Don Cherry | Gary Peacock | Sunny Murray

A stellar quartet captured in its prime, playing a repertoire that most devotees will know well – ‘Spirits’, ‘Vibrations’, ‘Saints’,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017

Danielsson/Neset/Lund: Sun Blowing

Lars Danielsson | Marius Neset | Morten Lund

One of Sweden’s leading contemporary jazz acoustic bassists Lars Danielsson lines up here alongside the excellent Stefano Bollani trio Danish...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Riot Jazz Brass Band: Live at the Band on the Wall

Madchester's looniest brass ensemble can get any party jumping with their boisterous mash-up of ska, Afro-beat, pop and rap, even...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017