Various Artists: So Much, So Quickly: British Modern Jazz Pianists 1948-62

Alan Branscombe | Bill Le Sage | Brian Dee | Colin Purbrook | Damian Robinson | Dave Lee | Derek Smith | Dill Jones | Dizzy Reece | Don Rendell

Acrobat (with the aid of researcher-writer Simon Spillett) have done it again. Here's a 24-track compilation that just keeps giving....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2018

The Michael Treni Big Band: Boy's Night Out

Starring heralded Boston saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, this veteran trombonist's arrangements are in the mainstream post-Thad Jones tradition....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Peggy Lee: Blues Cross Country/If You Go

The first of these is Lee's big band masterpiece, with dazzling arrangements by Quincy Jones, making it essential, plus the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2012

Charlie Parker: Five Classic Albums

Al Haig | Art Taylor | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Lamond | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

The second half of Parker’s studio output was all done for Norman Granz, including the famous Afro-Latin sessions that are...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson: Very Tall

Art Blakey | Cannonball Adderley | Ed Thigpen | Frank Foster | Horace Silver | Joe Newman | Milt Jackson | Oscar Peterson | Percy Heath | Quincy Jones

At one time or another Oscar Peterson threw his considerable (musical) might behind almost every jazz giant of note. Here...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2012

Michelle Lordi: Two Moons

Caleb Curtis | Eric Revis | Matthew Parrish | Michelle Lordi | Nasheet Waits | Orrin Evans

Michelle Lordi, who hails from Philadelphia, has taken the slightly unusual step of recording a jazz concept album. And what...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: February/2024

Ian Shaw: Greek Street Friday

Alex Haines | Conor Chaplin | David Preston | Iain Ballamy | Ian Shaw | Ian Thomas | Jamie Safir | Matt Kent | Polly Gibbons

Now in his sixties, Ian Shaw has enjoyed an extraordinary career: a witty and charismatic singer, he long ago took...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2023

Matt Slocum: Lion Dance

Larry Grenadier | Matt Slocum | Walter Smith III

You've got to admire the self-confidence of musicians who, after a single rehearsal, go into the studio and lay all...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024

David Chesky/The New Latin Trio: The New York Descargas

David Chesky | Giovanni Hidalgo | John Benitez

A descarga, in case you didn’t know, is an improvisation based on Cuban music themes, primarily son montuno, but also...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024

De Groote-Faes Duo: Symphony For Two Little Boys

A mostly unexceptional melodiously atmospheric rock/klezmer-infuenced Belgian bass-electric guitar duo with a guest contribution from trumpeter Dave Douglas....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017