Hard Rubber Orchestra: Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra
Kenny Wheeler’s final frailty and beloved stature were both shown by his 2013 London Jazz Festival swansong, when, months before...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Bill Laurance: Flint
Cracking the nut that is creating organically hewn, as opposed to factory processed, jazz dance music is something that countless...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2014
Buddy Rich: The Lost Tapes
Back in 1985, there were rumours flying around that Buddy Rich's band was not what it once was. The gossip...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018
Ron Carter: Ron Carter’s Great Big Band
Released in time for his 75th birthday in May, this initially seems a surprising entry from the always adventurous Carter....
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012
Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields
This programmatic set of eight original compositions by Maria Schneider, evoking her childhood and early adolescent memories of the middle...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2015
Marquis Hill Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox
Bop-schooled hotshots infusing hip hop, R&B, neo-soul and electronics into classic-jazz sounds haven’t exactly been hot news for years, but...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2024
Various Artists: Jazz from America on Disques Vogue
This wide-ranging curio goes back to the early days of microgroove, via a famous French label (though most of the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016
Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons: Live In Philadelphia
Typical. You wait 100 years for a spaceship and then two come along in a couple of months. Following hot...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2025
Miles Davis
Of these three Miles Davis albums, the 2-CD from Storyville must be seen as the most valuable because of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012
Nikki Iles & The NDR Big Band: Face To Face
It is always good when an international jazz collaboration is preserved on a recording that shows clearly what each side...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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