Mike Pride: I Hate Work

Avant-punk drummer/keyboardist Pride pays tribute to his old group, MDC and their celebrated 1982 debut album Millions of Dead...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth Orchestra: Windmill Tilter (The Story Of Don Quixote)

Alan Branscombe | Alf Reece | Bob Cornford | Chris Pyne | Dave Holland | Derek Watkins | Dick Hart | Henry Lowther | Henry Shaw | John McLaughlin

Kenny Wheeler, the inimitable Canadian trumpet maestro and quiet legend of post-1960s jazz composition, had been playing all kinds of...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Muhal Richard Abrams: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2

Amina Claudine Myers | Anthony Braxton | Anthony Davis | Dave Holland | Douglas Ewart | Henry Threadgill | John Blake | Leonard Jones | Leroy Jenkins | Malachi Favors

While a number of leading contemporary pianists, from Jason Moran to Craig Taborn and Vijay Iyer, are happy to cite...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Bobby Hackett & Zoot Sims: Complete Recordings/Strike Up The Band

Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Cutshall | Bob Wilber | Bobby Hackett | Bucky Pizzarelli | Buddy Jones | Dave McKenna | Hank Jones | James Morreale | Jerry Dodgion

Not all leads stem from Dizzy Gillespie. Pre-bop there was a plethora of truly inspired trumpet players whose achievements are...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015

Brubeck Bothers Quartet/Paul English Quartet/Horace Alexander Young / Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson: The Voice of

19-piece Orchestra | Chris Brubeck | Chuck Lamb | Dan Brubeck | Horace Alexander Young | Houston Chamber Choir | Mike de Micco | Paul English | Rankin Peters | Robert Simpson

Alongside his scintillating work in a variety of small groups, Dave Brubeck wrote and performed on a far larger scale,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2025

Louis Jordan: The Fifties Collection 1951-1958

Aaron Izenhall | Alfred Cobbs | Bert Payne | Bil Doggett | Bill Jenning | Bob Burgess | Bob Bushnell | Bob Mitchell | Budd Johnson | Chano Pozo

By 1951 some of Louis Jordan's songs were already well-known and he was internationally established as a major entertainer. So,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2021

Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings

Bobby Watson | Daryl Washington | Eddie Henderson | Gerald Veasley | Grady Tate | Grover Washington | Hank Jones | Herbie Hancock | Igor Butman | Jean Carne

Even his most staunch defenders may well concede that, post- Winelight, the revered Philadelphia saxophonist has been in something of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1

Adam Rogers | Alan Mednard | Alex Austin | Chulo Gatewood | Dave Stryker | Dezron Douglas | Ed Cherry | Fareed Haque | Greg Fundis | Jeff Miles

No fewer than 14 guitarists and three rhythm sections make up the Alternative Guitar Summit – an annual live event...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022

Ralph Lalama: Staycation

Akiko Tsuruga | Clifford Barbaro | Joe Magnarelli | Nicole Pasternak Lalama | Ralph Lalama

This is sub-titled ‘a family affair’ and so it is. Ms Pasternak (heard on three tracks) is Mrs Ralph Lalama...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2022

Sidney De Paris, Tommy Ladnier, Lee Collins: Great Jazz, Great Trumpets

Arnett Nelson | Benny Morton | Bill Owsley | Charlie Queener | Cliff Jackson | Elmer James | Herb Lovelle | James P. Johnson | JH Shayne | John Lindsey

This eclectic compilation was first issued by Jazz Crusade as Rare Cuts, Upbeat having now acquired this American label. Sidney...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2023