The Trio: Incantation: The Dawn Recordings 1970-1971
John Surman was in his headlong 20s when these sessions were recorded by the collective threesome known simply as The...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018
Harold Land: Westward Bound!
Make sure you don’t underestimate tenor saxophonist Harold Land. The perspicacious re-issue duo of Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, who...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2021
Joe Farrell: Skate Board Park
Bob Magnusson | Chick Corea | Joe Farrell | Laurence Marable
When Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison left the John Coltrane quartet, the saxophonist who caught their ear was Chicago-born Joseph...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Slowly Rolling Camera
Initially seeming to be some distance from Dave Stapleton's previous work in an acoustic setting, this has a carapace of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2014
Keyon Harrold: Foreverland
On Foreverland, trumpeter and vocalist Keyon Harrold straddles two distinct worlds. The first – chilled-out, vocal-led R&B – dominates, with...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: February/2024
Chet Baker: Chet Sings!
Perhaps for far too long Chet Baker the crooner has received a bad press. The fact that he played this...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013
Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy’s Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy
The label is Cannon’s own as is the band, brought together by him for this one-off booking to pay tribute...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
Miyasaka +5: Animals Garden
Following its excellent J-Jazz compilations last year, BBE’s curation of classic, largely obscure Japanese improvised music continues apace. As can...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020
Art Farmer: Four Classics Albums-Portrait Of Art Farmer/Modern Art/Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce/The Jazztet &
Art Farmer's CV might well be one of the most impressive in modern jazz, but, despite recording many well-received albums,...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2012
Igor Butman Orchestra: Scheherazade's Tales
Igor Butman, a neo-bop tenor saxophonist who emerged from behind the Iron Curtain to study at Berklee in 1983, had...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012
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