2024. Etta James was sixty-one at the time of this gig and after nearly a decade in the wilderness had just released a well-regarded comeback LP Seven Year Itch. What she delivers in Oakland is raunchy R&B, powe..
2023. Described once as "Ray Charles meets be-bop meets Latin", Horace Silver has a unique piano style instantly recognisable and totally compelling. This fiery and funky set by a later version of his quin..
2023. During a four week residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, the Bill Evans Trio took part in the historic 'Jazz 625' show at the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush on 19th March 1965 for broadcast by the ..
2023. This early incarnation of Art Blakey's seminal post-bop band is bristling with energy and ideas. There are barnstorming solos from "middleweight tenor champ" Hank Mobley and the most exciting trum..
2023. The original incarnation of the Mahavishnu Orchestra was extraordinarily successful. Their debut LP 'Inner Mounting Flame' (1971), achieved crossover nirvana, climbing the Billboard Jazz chart before breaki..
2023. After Mwandishi, his early '70s experimental sextet, met with critical and commercial indifference, Herbie Hancock turned his gaze to Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown. The result was Headhunters, a new..
2023. This is the lost incarnation of Tony Williams Lifetime, formed to tour in support of his 1978 all-star release 'The Joy Of Flying.' A band of young unknowns including guitarist Tod Carver and fretless bassi..
2023. Roland Kirk is known for his ability to play several saxophones simultaneously but if he had only played one at a time he would still be regarded as one of the greats. These two concerts exemplify what an ex..
2023. Joe Henderson Quartet live from the Den-en Coliseum and Yomiuriland, Tokyo August 1994. Joe Henderson (1937-2001) was without question one of the key modern jazz saxophonists during the music's 1960s heyday. H..
