David Sanborn: Sanborn
Two slices of Sanborn from very different eras. The eponymous recording (his second release) finds the young gun fresh and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014
Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live
It shouldn’t be allowed. At an age when they should be revelling in their Freedom Passes, the Westbrooks refuse to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016
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
Webster Wraight Ensemble: No Lucky Days
A collaboration between an electronic dance producer/drummer Charles Webster and Matthew Herbert big band arranger Peter Wraight brings together a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014
Loose Tubes: Arriving
Here's the highly-anticipated third and final instalment in the ‘live’ trilogy of recordings from Loose Tubes' farewell residency at Ronnie...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015
Neil Ardley: A Symphony Of Amaranths
Sometimes a recording is special not for its content but for what it signifies. This welcome, long-awaited first CD release...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013
Fats Waller: All the Hits and More 1922-1943
If you’ve never had access to a collection of Fats Waller’s work, both as a solo pianist and as the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/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
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: All Can Work
Two Grammy-nominated releases – A Blessing in 2006 and Eternal Interlude in 2009 – is not bad going for a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018
The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3
Volume One in this series of transcription discoveries was reviewed in our May 2015 issue. As before, these two further...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016
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