James P Johnson: Classic James P Johnson Sessions (1921-1943)
The granddaddy of jazz piano – mentor of Fats Waller and hero to Thelonious Monk – has received a worthy...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2016
Duke Ellington: Jazz Party
A reasonably well-done reissue of the famous 1959 Columbia album on which Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Rushing guest with an...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2020
Jameszoo: Blind
As jazz and electronic musicians shuffle ever closer to one another’s sonic terrain, this meeting of minds and modular synths...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2022
Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Saluting Sgt. Pepper
A heady brew of Beatles, Bates and beefy big band, Saluting Sgt. Pepper could easily have been one seriously over-egged...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2017
Charlie Parker: At Café Society
These three reissues, identified by their recording location, all carry polite warnings about the sound quality. The performances from Boston's...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021
Art Pepper: Blues For The Fisherman
Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Elvin Jones | George Cables | George Mraz | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
When, in 1975, troubled Art Pepper came in from the cold for the very last time, he proceeded to tape...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Jaimie Branch: FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise
Fly Or Die, the debut album from trumpeter Jaimie Branch, popped up on numerous best of the year lists in...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2019
Galliano : Halfway Somewhere
Back in the mists of time, Rob Gallagher, aka Roberto Galliano, used to feature on Gilles Peterson's Radio London show,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024
Zzebra: Hungry Horse (Live in Germany 1975)
Alan Marshall | Dave Quincy | John McCoy | Lasisi Amao | Liam Genockey | Steve Byrd | Tommy Eyre
Watch out! There’s a Zzebra crossing. But where we are going, we don’t need roads… or warning signs. Just prick...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: May/2024
Sidney Bechet: Four Classic Albums – Third Set
The centrepiece of this package is the 1956 collaboration between Bechet and the six-piece band led by pianist Sammy Price...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2022
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