Review of Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Johnny Griffin/Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

The early material consists of Griffin’s three Blue Note albums and his first Riverside, presenting the virtuoso tenorman from Chicago...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

This entertaining package derives from a live Hamburg club session recorded by public radio station NDR, and covers a period...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion

Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion

Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Michael Rodriguez | Obed Calvaire | Osmany Paredes | Pedro Martinez | Yosvany Terry | Yunior Terry

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Yosvany Terry is currently a member of the Eddie Palmieri band. Born in central Cuba, he studied at the prestigious...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2012

Review of Sam Rivers: Braids

Sam Rivers: Braids

Dave Holland | Joe Daley | Sam Rivers | Thurman Baker

No Business

Rating: ★★★★

The late Sam Rivers was as prolific as he was creative, and the fairly regular arrival of batches of work...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2021

Review of Paul Dunmall New Quartet: World Without

Paul Dunmall New Quartet: World Without

Dave Kane | Miles Levin | Paul Dunmall | Steven Saunders

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

Saxophone warhorse Paul Dunmall has lately been enjoying a purple patch of working with talented younger players – most notably...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023

Review of Artie Zaitz: The Regulator

Artie Zaitz: The Regulator

Artie Zaitz | Dave Pattman | Fausta Joly | Ross Stanley | Steve Brown

ECN Music/Banger Factory Records

Rating: ★★★

Zaitz flows across the frets with such fluency that it’s almost too easy to file his debut under ‘fun’ but...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024

Review of Grant Green: First Recordings

Grant Green: First Recordings

Elvin Jones | Gene Ramey | Grant Green | Harold Mabern | Jimmy Forrest

Phoenix

Rating: ★★★★

As every jazz historian will tell you, a shedload of momentous recordings were made in 1959, including Kind Of Blue,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013

Review of Various Artists: All Night Long OST

Various Artists: All Night Long OST

Allan Ganley | Charles Mingus | Colin Purbrook | Dave Brubeck | Johnny Dankworth | Johnny Scott | Kenny Napper | Stan Roderick | Tubby Hayes

Harkit

Rating: ★★★

Originally released on CD in 2004, the 1960s soundtrack CD specialist label Harkit reissue this British jazz soundtrack: a fascinating...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Pee Wee Russell / Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Reunion

Pee Wee Russell / Coleman Hawkins: Jazz Reunion

Bob Brookmeyer | Coleman Hawkins | Emmett Berry | Jo Jones | Milt Hinton | Nat Pierce | Pee Wee Russell

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz describes Candid as ‘short-lived but highly respected label for the quality of its sessions’.Part-owned...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2022

Review of Dinah Washington: Wake The Town & Tell The People!

Dinah Washington: Wake The Town & Tell The People!

Belford Hendricks | Brook Benton | Dinah Washington | Eddie Chamblee | Fred Norman orchestras | Hal Mooney | Quincy Jones

Jasmine

Rating: ★★★★

Short-lived she may have been – just 39 at her death in 1963 - and much-married too (seven times!), Dinah...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025

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