Benny Goodman: The Sound Of Music
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stu Butterfield
Goodman plays songs from the movie with mixed results, but at their best, Fred Karlin's arrangements provide sound jazz fodder...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010
John Turville: Head First
Dave Whitford | James Maddren | John Turville | Julian Argüelles | Robbie Robson
Though John Turville is one of the UK jazz scene's most perceptive heirs to the piano legacy of his former...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2019
The Bad Plus: the bad plus
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
Tom Barford: Bloomer
Billy Marrows | Dave Storey | Flo Moore | Rupert Cox | Tom Barford
Talk about fast-tracking; only last year the NYJO saxophonist Tom Barford was collecting his first-class honours as a Royal Academy...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018
Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club April 1965
Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins
The Rendell/Carr Quintet had already recorded Shades of Blue in October 1964, the band’s then pianist, Colin Purbrook, who would...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Miles Davis Quintet: Live In Vienna ‘69
Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter
Back in 2013, the second of Sony’s Bootleg Series of Miles Davis box sets, Live in Europe 1969, was released...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025
Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky
Anja Lechner | Anouar Brahem | Dave Holland | Django Bates
Brahem began this project before the horrors of Gaza unfolded. But it remains a powerful response to the tragedy of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025
John Coltrane: Coltrane Plays The Blues
The last time this was reissued was in Rhino's no-frills Original Album Series box (Jazzwise 158), complete with miniaturised liner-notes,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012
The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O
Barry Altschul | Graham Haynes | Joe Fonda | Oliver Lake
There’s no doubting the credentials of these four éminences grises who, between them, have worked with major avant-gardists including Anthony...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022
Avishai Cohen's Triveni: Dark Nights
Anat Cohen | Avishai Cohen | Gerald Clayton | Keren Ann | Nasheet Waits | Omer Avital
Not to be confused with the bassist of the same name, Avishai Cohen the trumpeter has gradually emerged as an...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
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