Kenny Baker: Live at the BBC 1957
In his latter years, Kenny Baker reformed the Dozen, and played several festivals and some residencies at the then flourishing...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014
Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
One half of the Valentine Brothers, the duo behind the seminal 1980s anti-Reagan funk anthem ‘Money's Too Tight To Mention’,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
Nikolaj Hess: Spacelab & Strings
Hess is a Danish pianist-composer in his mid-fifties who, among other things, teaches at the famous Rhythmic Conservatory and has...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2021
Warren Wolf: Convergence
Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | John Scofield | Warren Wolf
The vibraphonist has some really heavyweight company for this, his third US album, including his boss from the Inside Straight...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: July/2016
Stan Getz & Chet Baker: Stan Meets Chet
This didn't turn out quite the way it was supposed to. On paper it looked like a safe-bet commercial proposition....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014
Till Brönner and Bob James: On Vacation
My, this album from German trumpeter/vocalist Till Brönner and US keyboard maestro Bob James, now in his ninth decade, is...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2021
The Gaz Hughes Trio: Beboptical Illusion
Andrzej Baranek | Ed Harrison | Gaz Hughes
When the likes of Scott Hamilton, Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi want you on the kit, those are endorsements enough...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2023
The Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming
You have to admire a can-do attitude in a musician. Callum Au was barely out of diapers when he became...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2013
Leon Thomas: The Creator 1969-73 The Best Of The Flying Dutchman Masters
Following the excellent anthologies of Gil Scott-Heron and Lonnie Liston Smith, Ace/BGP continues its celebration of the seminal Flying Dutchman...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2013
James Carter Organ Trio: At The Crossroads
A mainstream-cummodern master of all the saxophones from contrabass to sopranino, James Carter's star is rising. He recently took first...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2012
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