Live At The Beaver Inn I am not familiar with Tommaso Starace and pleasantly surprised. Hot on the heels of peer and champion Eric Alexander, the Milanese tenor saxophonist – naturalised Englishman ...

In Pas(s)ing First and foremost the late guitarist Mick Goodrick regarded himself as an educator and teacher rather than a musician in need of a gig. He only recorded half a dozen albums under his own ...

Although in the middle of a series of several successful records for Blue Note in 1961, Blakey departed to United Artists that year to make what turned out to be a single, isolated set, originally ...

This is a welcome (if incomplete) release of two concert performances by Cannonball’s early quintet (“plus one”). The first was organised by Norman Granz for a 1960 JATP European tour – which also ...

Though events like the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival are longtime institutions, the DC ...

The Hits The concept of a heavy pick-up arm requiring a steel needle that had to be replaced after less than a dozen playings ...

This is the latest edition of many albums with similar contents and titles issued by various companies over the past few ...

Hancestry An album that immediately announces its cultural and musical colours, Hancestry offers a vibrant experience. Led by ...

Thirty years ago, Mark Gilbert found Tales Of The Hudson an excellent corrective to those who had persistently dis­missed Michael Brecker as a studio automaton ...

Storm Warning; What Is There To Say; Come Rain Or Come Shine (22¾ min) – Wind Of Change; Gel Out Of Town; March On (18¾ min) Dick Morrissey (ten); Harry South (p); Phil Bates (bs); Phil Seamen (d).

Ekkofremtid If there’s a connecting theme to this month’s reviews then it’s surely the many different ways that memory ...