Mole
Christophe de Bézenac | Dave Kane | Paul Hession | Petter Frost Fadnes
There’s a lot to be said for this pan-European free-jazz quartet’s debut – not least the opportunity to hear veteran...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2018
Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll
Andrea Michelutti | Bruce Barth | Dave Santora | Jerry Bergonzi | Phil Grenadier
Back in the day, virtually every tenor player had such a distinctive sound, you knew immediately who it was. Times...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015
Scott Hamilton Quartet: Dean Street Nights
Dave Green | John Pearce | Scott Hamilton | Steve Brown
Here's a man who knows what he does best and is content with that. Hamilton, shortly to be 60, has...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2014
Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966
This impressive multi-disc box set comprises three main components: firstly the 1946-47 singles that Armstrong made for RCA during the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2021
Johanna Burnheart: Burnheart
Boz Martin-Jones | David Swan | Joanna Burnheart | Jonny Wickham | Noel Langley
Burnheart is a German classical talent now living in London, whose conversion to jazz was refracted through Berlin techno. As...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2020
Cannonball Adderley Sextet: Complete Live In Tokyo 1963
Cannonball Adderley | Joe Zawinul | Louis Hayes | Nat Adderley | Sam Jones | Yusef Lateef
Though his original two horns/three rhythm set-up served him well, Cannonball learned from his tour of duty with Miles that...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2015
Oscar Peterson: Exclusively For My Friends
Bobby Durham | Ed Thigpen | Louis Hayes | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Sam Jones
The six-volume Exclusively For My Friends set forged new standards of sound recording when it was originally released on vinyl...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
John Coltrane Quintet: Complete November 18, 1961 Paris Concerts
Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
Like some of the other recordings from this first European tour, the sound quality isn't that of the original broadcast...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014
Bob Brookmeyer: And Friends
Bob Brookmeyer | Elvin Jones | Gary Burton | Herbie Hancock | Ron Carter | Stan Getz | Tony Bennett
An old favourite for some listeners, and an unlikely curiosity for others. The leader, or perhaps producer Teo Macero, took...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017
Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game
Johnny Coles | Kenny Drew | Philly Joe Jones | Tina Brooks | Wilbur Ware
Quite why Alfred Lion chose to hold back three out of four albums he recorded with tenor saxophonist Harold Floyd...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2021
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