Review of Miles Davis Quintet: Workin’

Miles Davis Quintet: Workin’

John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

The first in the new series of all-analogue remastered (by Kevin Gray), reissues of the old OJC label in facsimile...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2023

Review of The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Classic Albums 1959-60

The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Classic Albums 1959-60

Barry Harris | Bobby Timmons | Cannonball Adderley | Louis Hayes | Nat Adderley | Sam Jones | Victor Feldman

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

For many, this is where the story really begins. Though Adderley had been recording regularly since 1955, it was immediately...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2017

Review of The John Coltrane Quintet featuring Eric Dolphy: So Many Things: The European Tour 1961

The John Coltrane Quintet featuring Eric Dolphy: So Many Things: The European Tour 1961

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

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★★

The year 1961 was an incredibly productive one for John Coltrane. Impulse! bought out his contract with Atlantic records and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Review of Trevor Watkis Routes In Jazz Group: The Music Of Dizzy Reece

Trevor Watkis Routes In Jazz Group: The Music Of Dizzy Reece

Byron Wallen | Dezron Douglas | Ralph Moore | Trevor Watkis | Willie Jones III

Blue Soundscape

Rating: ★★★

This transatlantic group led by British pianist Trevor Watkis paid tribute to the legendary Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece with a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022

Review of Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music

Paul Chambers: Chambers' Music

Curtis Fuller | John Coltrane | Kenny Drew | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones | Roland Alexander

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★

The first six titles were originally released on a small LA label called Jazz West, which I remember being very...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011

Review of Sonny Clark: The Art Of The Trio

Sonny Clark: The Art Of The Trio

George Duvivier | Jymie Merritt | Max Roach | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sonny Clark

Phono

Rating: ★★★

Before his tragically early demise in 1963, Clark was mainly known for his ensemble work and especially for small-group sets...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Review of Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus

Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus

Charles Mingus | Eddie Bert | George Barrow | J.R. Monterose | Jackie McLean | Mal Waldron | Willie Jones

Editor's Choice

Waxtime In Color

Rating: ★★★★★

Being reissued on purple vinyl doesn’t feel exactly the appropriate apotheosis of Pithecanthropus, whose programmatic title-track elaborates on Mingus’ storyline...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020

Review of Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Ben Marc | Ed Riches | Jason Yarde | Joshua Idehen | Judi Jackson | Marius Alessia | Midnight Roban | Sam Jones

Editor's Choice

Innovative Leisure IL2086

Rating: ★★★★

Ben Marc is a bassist, electronic producer and composer and the nom de plume of Neil Charles: a graduate of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

Review of Art Pepper: Blues For The Fisherman

Art Pepper: Blues For The Fisherman

Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Elvin Jones | George Cables | George Mraz | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas

Widow's Taste

Rating: ★★★★★

When, in 1975, troubled Art Pepper came in from the cold for the very last time, he proceeded to tape...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Sasha Berliner: Fantome

Sasha Berliner: Fantome

Harish Raghavan | Jongkuk Kim | Lex Korten | Rico Jones | Sasha Berliner | Taylor Eigsti

Editor's Choice

Outside In Music

Rating: ★★★★

The third album for star vibraphonist Sasha Berliner is a through-a-glass-darkly affair that reinforces her signature sound, an ambitious yet...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2025

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