Large Unit: Ana
Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love has always happily teetered between freedom and form. With The Thing, he’s as likely to be diving...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2016
Eddie Harris: High Voltage (Recorded Live At The Village Gate in New York and At Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood)
As the 1960s morphed into the 1970s, jazz had to face the problem of appealing to a whole new generation...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2015
Keith Tippett: The Monk Watches the Eagle
A special BBC recording that captures Tippett's cantata on its debut, at Norwich Cathedral. It's a diverse piece, commissioned for...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021
Gordon Beck: Jubilation!: Trios, Quartets and Septets in Session 1964-1984
It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018
Joe Harriott: The Joe Harriott Story
The legendary status of the late Jamaican alto saxophonist can be ascribed, for the most part, to his groundbreaking solo...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Gordon Beck Quartet: When Sunny Gets Blue: Spring 68 Sessions Featuring Joy Marshall
Gordon Beck | Jeff Clyne | John McLaughlin | Joy Marshall | Tony Oxley
It's possible to argue that in many ways some of pianist Gordon Beck’s finest playing was during the three years...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018
Charlie Watts: Anthology
During the 58 years of his day job with the Rolling Stones Charlie Watts released eight albums with his own...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: August/2023
Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans
As if it was necessary to underline the individuality, but also the versatility, of the young Evans, here is a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2017
Lucky Thompson And His Octet: In Paris 1960/Modern Jazz At Club Saint-Germain & The Blue Note
Lucky Thompson was just one of many tenor players that included Don Byas, Ben Webster, Johnny Griffin and Dexter Gordon...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2018
Fingers: The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus
Alan Jackson | Bruce Turner | Dave Green | Lol Coxhill | Michael Garrick
One of the delights of recovering jazz recordings from the archives is hearing studio chatter among the musicians, busy sound...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: August/2024
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