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Logan Richardson: Afrofuturism
Kansas City saxophonist Richardson can’t be accused of a lack of ambition or confidence. His sprawling fifth album starts off with a spoken-word rap placing him in the lineage...
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Tony Fisher: session ace
'I was born in Manchester in 1936 which is a real hot-bed of brass bands ... There were no half-measures up there because they all took music very seriously'
Tony...
Obituary: Harold Mabern
Greatly admired and much in demand by his contemporaries, the pianist Harold Mabern was a witty, affable and articulate individual. On a memorable evening in the late 80s or...
Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story
This is a characterful and consistently entertaining, even compulsive, read. Translator Heidi Kirk has done a fine job in bringing over into English the no-nonsense cadences and dry humour...
JJ 02/61: Teo Macero With The Prestige Jazz Quartet
This album, subtitled "A Modern Concept Of The Ballad", contains some of the most stimulating saxophone playing I have heard in a long time. Both Macero and Teddy Charles...
Sarah Vaughan: Live
Aged 50 at the time, 1974, Sarah Vaughan is in her vocal prime here. This release presents two television shows that were under the title Jazz From Newport, although...
