Oscar Brown, Jr.: Between Heaven and Hell/Sin & Soul

David ‘Panama’ Francis | Floyd Morris | George Duvivier | Oscar Brown, Jr.

Perhaps it was the sheer breadth of his activity and his refusal to be pigeon-holed – as well as being...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Various Artists: Blaxploitation: Six Classic Funk Soundtracks

Booker T & The MGs | Isaac Hayes | James Brown | Johnny Pate | Marvin Gaye | Roy Ayers

Well-travelled as the good ship Blaxploitation is, this 6CD box set nonetheless provides a useful ‘starter pack’ for those who...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015

Karen Sharp Trio: Another Place

Colin Oxley | Karen Sharp | Simon Thorpe

Sharp is a busy presence on the wider jazz scene these days. Her quartet with pianist Nikki Iles tours regularly...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2020

Curtis Amy: Four Classic Albums

One of the best things about Avid’s Four Classic Albums series is the chance to re-evaluate artists who might have...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Sarah Gillespie: Half Cut

Chris Montague | Conor Chaplin | James Maddren | Kit Downes | Sarah Gillespie | Tom Cawley

Half Cut may not have the political edge of Gillespie’s early collaborative works with Gilad Atzmon. This is a more...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Youn Sun Nah: She Moves On

Brad Jones | Dan Rieser | Jamie Saft | Marc Ribot | Youn Sun Nah

This latest studio album from the South Korean vocalist Youn Sun Nah is marked by a new band – it...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2017

The Benny Green Trio: Benny's Crib

Aaron Kimmel | Anne Drummond | Benny Green | David Wong | John Jones | Veronica Swift

By the time he was 30, Green had played piano for Betty Carter, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard and Ray Brown...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2020

King Curtis Quintet: The New Scene Of King Curtis/Soul Meeting

Belton Evans | King Curtis | Nat Adderley | Oliver Jackson | Paul Chambers | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

Many Jazzwise readers may only know King Curtis for his ‘yakity’ sax breaks on numerous hit R&B singles by The...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Porgy and Bess

Barrett Deems | Billy Kyle | Dale Jones | Edmond Hall | Ella Fitzgerald | Louis Armstrong | Trummy Young

Never absent from the reissue lists for long, this Ella-Louis collaboration remains a considerable achievement for both principals as well...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2018

Mark de Clive-Lowe & Friends: Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders

Corbin Carlos Ninos | Corbin Jones | Dwight Trible | Mark De Clive-Lowe | Teodross Avery | Tommaso Cappellato

Promises, the great Pharoah Sanders’ collaboration with Floating Points was a notable album of 2021, and a consolidation of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2022