Sixty years ago, Gerald Lascelles noted that Loussier outclassed other jazzers of the classics because he had obvious and ...
Sixty years ago, David Illingworth found Korner's latest not bad despite the forced vocals and 'white' sounding harmonica ...
Sixty years ago, Steve Voce welcomed a recording of a British band that he remembered in a double bill with Brubeck 'carved ...
Sixty years ago, Michael Shera rated Harriot-Meyers' fusion of jazz and 'probably the most rhythmically complex' music in the ...
Sixty years ago, Sinclair Traill thought Hancock's Dolphin Dance showed he could write spritely as well as sad music ...
Sixty years ago, Mark Gardner welcomed the reissue of an actually original, even groundbreaking jazz recording, notable for ...
Sixty years ago, Basie trombonist Grover Mitchell loved almost everything - including Lunceford, Ellington and Hines - but ...
(a) Baltimore To Washington; Little Black Train; (b) Who’s Going To Shoe Your Pretty Feet?; (a) Slip Knot; Poor Boy; Mean Talking Blues; (c) Stepstone (19 mins) – (b) Bed On The Floor; (b) Little ...
The rich tapestry of Bob Brookmeyer’s long and distinguished career as an instrumentalist, composer and arranger is revealed here by drummer Michael Stephans, who was a close personal friend and ...