Andreas Varady

Andreas Varady | Brian Bromberg | Dave Weckl | Greg Phillinganes | Gregory Porter | Harvey Mason | Paulinho da Costa | Paulinho Da Costa | Roy Hargrove

That the Slovakian-born guitarist is only 17 and a precociously gifted technician is the hook here. It starts promisingly with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Joe Farrell: Penny Arcade/Upon This Rock/Canned Funk

Don Alias | Herb Bushier | Herbie Hancock | Jim Madison | Joe Beck | Joe Farrell | Ray Mantilla | Steve Gadd

When Corea replaced Joe Farrell in Return to Forever with Bill Connors’ rock-angled guitar, it changed not only jazz (fusion)...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Clark Terry/Bob Wilber: Blowin' The Blues Away

Billy Strayhorn | Bob Wilber | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dick Wellstood | Duke Ellington | George Duvivier | Ozzie Bailey | Panama Francis | Wendell Marshall

The original album of this title was a single LP of Clark and Bob with Wilber's old sidekick Dick Wellstood...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2017

Joe leader: Seductive Sax

This is one smooth jazz cliché after another: a live date at the Pheasantry, for the Dave Koz-recommended saxophonist....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Peggy Lee: From The Vaults Vols. 1–4

Armando Peraza | Benny Carter | Billy May | Dave Barbour | Dave Cavanaugh | Dean Martin | Eddie Miller | Frank De Vol | Gene Di Novi | George Shearing

This four-volume digital-only set collects together a mixture of rare and (from the LP era) well-known tracks by Peggy Lee,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2025

Mark Edwards: In Deep

Andrew Cleyndert | Ben Castle | Carleen Anderson | Claire Martin | James McMillan | Liane Carroll | Mark Edwards | Martin France | Priscilla Jones-Campbell

Fans of Liane Carroll's superb Ballads album will recall that pianist Mark Edwards was a key presence. Liane returns the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014

Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings

Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cranshaw | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Hank Jones | Roger Kellaway

When in 1954, Clifford Brown moved from Blue Note to Mercury his new label realised that they had acquired a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Art Blakey: Blues March

Art Blakey | Art Taylor | Benny Golson | Bill Hardman | Bobby Timmons | Cannonball Adderley | Cedar Walton | Charlie Rouse | Clifford Jordan | Curtis Fuller

This appears to have been compiled by a blindfolded man with a large hatpin. Is it supposed to be an...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015

Dave Douglas: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid

A wiser man than I on the Jazzwise crew has already named this as one of his top archive releases...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016

Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut

Adam Rogers | Bill Stewart | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | James Genus | Sam Yahel | Terri Lyne Carrington | Tia Fuller

The inclusion of giants among men in the personnel for this fourth album by alto-saxophonist Fuller is newsworthy. But the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2018