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Derek Ansell
Derek Ansell, who sadly died in December 2024, wrote fiction, biography and features. His Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley was published by Northway Publications and was reprinted. His The Bradgate Heiress was published by Creativia. His jazz and music writing for Jazz Journal and Newbury Weekly News expanded to cover classical music and theatre reviews.
Miles Davis: At Newport, 1955 & 1958
The trumpeter is heard with Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans and others
Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
The trio's 1961 studio set is sometimes passed over in favour of its contemporaneous live dates at the Village Vanguard but it shouldn't be
Cornelia Nilsson: Where Do You Go?
Danish drummer is variously joined by piano, bass and tenor saxophone in a set of hard bop touched with free jazz
Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live In Zurich 1960
The hornmen sound rather perfunctory, unedited but the rhythm section pleasingly musical in this often bootlegged now properly produced set
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Anita O’Day: Anita Sings The Most
Reissue with bonuses for 1957 album where Oscar Peterson apparently pressured the singer into high-octane performances
Ellington, Mingus, Roach: Money Jungle
The unlikely 1962 meeting between Duke Ellington and two modernists was bound to be intriguing and also produced some good music
Red Garland Trio: Groovy
Solid 1957 bop and blues session from the Miles Davis pianist is reissued on 180g vinyl in high-quality packaging replicating the original
James Moody: Septet 1951-1955
The saxophonist's early 50s bop and blues recordings for Mercury/Emarcy and Prestige are collected in a three-CD box set
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Gianmarco Ferri: On The Scene
Mixing standards and bop and soul-jazz originals, the Italian guitarist creates a bright, swinging vibe in a group with pianist David Kikoski
The Heath Brothers: Paris 76
The audio of a 1976 TV programme featuring the Heath brothers plus Stanley Cowell on piano is remastered and issued for the first time
Chet Baker: Signature
Some trumpet gems and uncomfortable vocals emerge from a lo-fi 1985 festival recording with Philip Catherine and Jean-Louis Rassinfosse
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis
Another reissue - on vinyl - for the renowned 1957 session featuring the principals with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Buddy Rich
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