Review of Al Hibbler: The Singles Collection 1946-59

Al Hibbler: The Singles Collection 1946-59

Al Hibbler

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

Annotator Paul Watts points out that this 75-track selection of vocalist Hibbler's singles is just that, a selection. Given that...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Review of Count Basie: Live In Berlin 1963

Count Basie: Live In Berlin 1963

Al Aarons | Benny Powell | Buddy Catlett | Charlie Fowlkes | Count Basie | Don Rader | Eric Dixon | Frank Foster | Frank Wess | Freddie Green

Delta Music/Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

European Radio has done us all a great service by recording the Basie band at various stages of the evolution...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2017

Review of Fabian Almazan Trio: Personalities

Fabian Almazan Trio: Personalities

Fabian Almazan | Henry Cole | Karen Walluch | Linda Oh | Meg Okura | Megan Gould | Noah Hatfield

Biophilia Records

Rating: ★★★

One of the best ways to succeed in music today, it seems, is to be associated with trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2012

Review of Shai Maestro: Human Racing: Human

Shai Maestro: Human Racing: Human

Jorge Roeder | Ofri Nehemya | Philip Dizack | Shai Maestro

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Witnessing a performance by Israeli composer/bassist Avishai Cohen at London's Union Chapel in 2011 left abiding memories – not just...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021

Review of Michael Mayo: Bones

Michael Mayo: Bones

Andrew Freedman | Eli Wolf | Michael Mayo | Nick Campbell | Robin Baytas | Scott Mayo | Valerie Pinkston

Editor's Choice

Artistry Music/Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Born and raised in LA, but based in NYC for the past five years, vocalist and composer Michael Mayo has...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2021

Review of Tubby Hayes: No Blues: The Complete Hopbine ‘65

Tubby Hayes: No Blues: The Complete Hopbine ‘65

Dick Brennan | Kenny Powell | Ron Matthewson | Tommy Whittle | Tubby Hayes

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

Now if HG Wells’ 19th century time traveller had set his controls to the year 1965 instead of aeons further...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: September/2023

Review of Earl Coleman: Early Years: The Collection 1946-56

Earl Coleman: Early Years: The Collection 1946-56

Earl Coleman

Acrobat Music

Rating: ★★★★

To get an idea of the esteem in which the baritone vocalist Earl Coleman was once held, you only need...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2024

Review of Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Neil Ardley & The New Jazz Orchestra: On The Radio: BBC Sessions 1971

Barbara Thompson | Barry Guy | Brian Smith | Bud Parkes | Dave Clempson | Dave Gelly | Dave Greenslade | Derek Wadsworth | Dick Hart | Dick Heckstall-Smith

Dusk Fire

Rating: ★★★★

With Humphrey Lyttelton's endearingly stumbling announcements and a veritable fantasy football league of early 1970s jazz musicians associated with various...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017

Review of The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2

The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2

Harold Mabern | Hugh Lawson | Jimmy Hopps | John Lewis | Mtume | Nat Jones | Ron Burton | Sonelius Smith | Stanley Cowell | Webster Lewis

Strata East/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★

Of all the albums that the groundbreaking independent label Strata East released in the 1970s, this was arguably the most...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023

Review of Harold Land: The Fox

Harold Land: The Fox

Amos Trice | Clarence Jones | Dupree Bolton | Elmo Hope | Frank Butler | Harold Land | Herbie Lewis | Leon Petties | Martin Banks

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Over the years, a certain degree of controversy has followed in this album's slipstream, which was recorded three years after...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2012

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