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Midnight Blue: Remastered Kenny Burrell Hynotic, subtle and the same time wonderfully soulful this record surely sits within the top five of all time Blue Note releases. It's the ultimate late night session. The consistently wonderfully Kenny Burrell who makes the difficult sound effortlessly simple gives a masterclass in Jazz guitar playing with an endlesss tapestry of smooth licks that melt into the instinctive groove of Stanley Turrentine's...    Read More >>

Night Train Oscar Peterson Trio This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title track (which began life as Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on My Mind", and "The Honey Dripper". With the notable exception of the gospel-like original "Hymn to Freedom", most...    Read More >>

Go: Remastered Dexter Gordon I discovered Dexter when I was still at school in the early sixties. In a short period of time he made his best albums. These are: Doin alright, Dexter Calling, Go, and another whose name escapes me. By a short head "Go" is the best of these. If you are a jazz fan and havnt got it your collection you should buy it immediately!    Read More >>

Genius of Modern Music Vol.1: Remastered Thelonious Monk This first volume of recordings is an essential purchase for any Jazz fan capturing Thelonious Monk in the very early days of be-bop, playing many of his most famous tunes. Recorded in October and November 1947 in New York City, the album features the following musicians: Thelonious Monk - Piano Art Blakey - drums, Gene Ramey, Bob Paige - bass Idrees Sulieman, George...    Read More >>

Boss Bird Charlie Parker This is easily the best Charlie Parker collection I have come across that attempts to span his whole career. The corresponding set for Dizzy Gillespie is also excellent, and contains some of the recordings that Diz and Bird made together (which this set avoids). The two together make for a great introduction to bebop at a pretty good price. The cast of supporting musicians on this set...    Read More >>

Monk Alone: Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968 Thelonious Monk Monk was weird. This collection of solo recordings in the 1960s shows him to be out of step with the age and all the more contemporary because of it. Whilst his contemporaries were raging and screeching, here's Monk recording some well-known and totally obscure songs from the 20s and 30s in the apparently hopelessly outdated stride piano style. Yet Monk makes it sound vital, through reharmonisation...    Read More >>

Getz/Gilberto Vol.1: Remastered Stan Getz Originally released in March 1964, this collaboration between saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist João Gilberto came at seemingly the end of the bossa nova craze Getz himself had sparked in 1962 with Jazz Samba, his release with American guitarist Charlie Byrd. Jazz Samba remains the only jazz album to reach number one in the pop charts. In fact, the story goes that Getz had to push...    Read More >>

Straight No Chaser Thelonious Monk A truely outstanding album from start to finnish. Many catchy tunes with the incredible talent of Thelonious Monk (Piano). This album goes from strength to strength. Highly recommended from Jazz fans looking to start their collection. Overall it is an excellent album performed by real professionals. A must have for anyone who calls themself a Jazz fan.    Read More >>

Road Shows, Vol. 1 Sonny Rollins This is the second release for Sonny Rollins under his own Doxy record label and a good one it is too.This is a shrewd release from the great man after the mediocre "Sonny Please".This album sees him digging into the archives for recordings from past performances ranging from as far back as 1980 and as recent as 2007.I won't be the first person to have said that Rollins is the quintessential live performer...    Read More >>

Genius of Modern Music Vol.2: Remastered Thelonious Monk If Genius Volume One in this series stands out for repertoire, volume 2 shines for the better ensemble performances. The challenges of "Four in One" and "Criss-Cross", for instance, inspire vibraphonist Milt Jackson to slithery heights, and Thelonious Monk's architectonic comping sparks altoist Sahib Shihab and trumpeter Kenny Dorham to exploratory heights. One of the first recorded jazz waltzes,...    Read More >>