McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’
Henry Grimes | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | McCoy Tyner
The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Bill Evans: Interplay
The Matchball reissue seems to be identical to part of a 2CD set which was billed as being both the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Johnny Griffin: The Little Giant/Change Of Pace
From the mid-1950s through to the mid-60s, it appeared that Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside labels all had easy access...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2013
Sonny Stitt: The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt/And the Top Brass
Though compared with Charlie Parker more frequently than he liked, Sonny Stitt nevertheless acknowledged their similarities, as testified by his...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013
The Filthy Six: The Fox
Led by trumpeter Nick Etwell, these slinky retro groovesters, featuring B3-er Pete Whitaker, work within very stylistic confines of funk-soaked...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
John Coltrane: The Complete Paul Chambers Sessions
Coltrane’s three 1956 sessions under the leadership of Chambers aren’t absolutely essential (Chambers’ Music, High Step and Whims of Chambers,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013
Tina Brooks Quintet: The Complete Recordings: Minor Moves/True Blue/Back To The Tracks/The Waiting Game
Having spent his early years scratching a living around the Big Apple with either local latin bands or supplying a...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2015
Paul Desmond: First Place Again
Connie Kay | Jim Hall | Paul Desmond | Percy Heath
Paul Desmond and Jim Hall collaborated on a whole series of ‘mood jazz’ albums on the RCA label in the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019
Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop
Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay
I wanted to like this album more than I do. Clark is a player named in the press blurb as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021
Sebastian Noelle: System One
Chris Tordini | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Sebastian Noelle
Sages of various persuasions have probably been giving their pet names to the dialectics of intuition and rationality from the...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022
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