Jazz at the Philharmonic: Complete Live in Stockholm – November 21, 1960

Art Davis | Benny Carter | Candido Camero | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Lampkin | Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Byas | JJ Johnson | Jo Jones

Here's an entire concert from JATP's 1960 European tour, something of a last hurrah for the formula, Solar's three-CD pack...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2012

Art Tatum/Ben Webster: The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Art Tatum | Ben Webster | Bill Douglass | Jo Jones | Ray Brown | Red Callendar | Teddy Wilson

The core of this elegantly packaged release is the seven-track album cut by Tatum and Webster in 1956, and which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Sonny Stitt: Now!/Salt & Pepper

Al Lucas | Hank Jones | Milt Hinton | Osie Johnson | Paul Gonsalves | Sonny Stitt

At last on CD, these sought-after albums were both recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's pad in Hackensack, the New Jersey...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2012

Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!

Buddy Caldwell | Clarence Thomas | Harold Mabern | Idris Muhammad | Jimmy Lewis | Melvin Sparks | Virgil Jones

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Jimmy Scott/Oscar Brown Jr: Five Classic Albums

Charles Mingus | Dave Bailey | Howard Biggs | Jimmy Scott | Mundell Lowe | Oscar Brown Jr

This latest release in Avid Jazz’s Five Classic Albums series is a superb 2-CD set featuring three albums by vocalist...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Elio Villafranca: Caribbean Tinge Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Anthony Carrillo | Camilo Molina | Carlos Henriquez | Elio Villafranca | Greg August | Greg Tardy | Jonathan Troucoso | Juango Butierez | Lewis Nash | Nelson Mated

Another exceptional fusion of latin and jazz, this time from a different angle. Inspired by what legendary New Orleans pianist...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2014

José James: No Beginning No End

Chris Dave | Emily King | Hindi Zahra | José James | Kris Bowers | Lionel Loueke | Pino Palladino | Robert Glasper

Cynics may decry this latest chapter in the 33 year-old American vocalist's career as his lunge for the commercial jugular...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters

Archie Shepp | Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner

On 9 December 1964, Coltrane and his ‘Classic Quartet’ recorded A Love Supreme, which was certified Gold in 2001 for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Lurlean Hunter: The Velvet Voice

The entire four-album output of this greatly underrated 1950s singer is collected here on 2CDs, accompanied by Quincy Jones, Ernie...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Tubby Hayes: Tubby The Tenor

Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Horace Parlan | Tubby Hayes

Reissued just in time to mark the 60th anniversary of Hayes’ ground-breaking New York debut (see cover feature this issue),...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2021