Ben Williams: State of Art
A bass-sideman for high profile mainstream US jazzers such as Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, Jacky Terrasson, and saxophonist Marcus Strickland...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012
Wes Montgomery: The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings
This is the kind of reissue that will delight jazz enthusiasts and discographical anoraks alike. Montgomery's participation in [West] German...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2021
Olegario Diaz: Basquiat By Night/Day
Alex Sipiagin | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Olegario Diaz | Scott Colley | Seamus Blake
Diaz is an excellent Venezuelan modern pianist who divides his time between his birth country and New York, leading different...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2014
Mack Avenue Superband: Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival 2015
The Mack Avenue label is old school in a good way. For a start it embraces the players who, for...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2016
Billy Cobham: Magic/Alivemutherforya
Break out your best bandana: Alivemutherforya was a classic even before you lowered the vinyl on to your music centre...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2018
Andrew Hill Sextet + 10: A Beautiful Day, Revisited
Pianist-composer Andrew Hill made a string of brilliant albums for Blue Note from the 1960s to the 1980s, with releases...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2024
Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 3
This begins with a lengthy bout of applause, entirely justified by what follows. It's not just Rollins' infernally catchy riff...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014
Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2
The majority of the material here is by Max's long-standing quartet with Bridgewater, Pope and Hill (which also made one...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017
John Dankworth: What the Dickens!/Off Duty
Here's a game of two halves if ever there was one. What the Dickens! is a themed, programmatic suite in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2013
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Between Nothing & Eternity/Visions Of The Emerald Beyond
The demise of the Mahavishnu Orchestra is well documented and the box set The Original Mahavishnu Complete Columbia Collection (released...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
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