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Charles Mingus: Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop: East Coasting (12in. Parlophone PMCI092)***

Review by uncredited writer, Disc, 30 January 1960

Mingus is blazing, bitter — and outstanding ...

Review by uncredited writer, Disc, 26 March 1960

DARIN DOES IT AGAIN ...

Aretha Franklin: Aretha (UK Fontana TFL 5173)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 3 March 1962

'Won't be Long'; 'Over The Rainbow'; 'Love Is The Only Thing'; 'Sweet Lover'; 'All Night Long'; 'Who Needs You?'; 'Right Now'; 'Maybe I'm A Fool'; ...

Frank Sinatra, Count Basie: Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: Sinatra-Basie: An Historical Musical First (Reprise)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 16 February 1963

Sinatra-Basie in Depth: Peter Jones highlights a Great New Album from Sinatra and The Count ...

Jimmy Smith: Hobo Flats (Verve VLP9039)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 12 October 1963

Big band backing lifts organ tracks ...

Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Music (Reprise R 1016); My Kind Of Broadway (Reprise R 1015)

Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 15 January 1966

3 from Frank ...

Ornette Coleman: At the Golden Circle, parts 1 & 2 (Blue Note 4224-5); Chicago — The Blues Today! parts 1-3 (Vanguard 79216-7-8)

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 7 May 1966

It's Coleman At His Best ...

Chet Baker: The Chet Baker Quintet: Smokin' (Prestige 7449)

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 4 June 1966

Baker Rides High On Flugelhorn ...

Don Cherry: Complete Communion (Blue Note 4226)

Review by William Russo, Downbeat, 28 July 1966

Personnel: Cherry, cornet; Leandro (Gato) Barbieri, tenor saxophone; Henry Grimes, bass; Edward Blackwell, drums. ...

Ramsey Lewis, Monkees, The: The Monkees: The Monkees (Colpix COM/S-101); Ramsey Lewis: Wade in the Water (Cadet LP/S-774),Swingin' (Cadet LP/S-771)

Review by Pete Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 September 1966

Monkees Ape Their Betters ...

Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood (Saturn); The Magic City (Saturn); The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra II (ESP Disk)

Review by William Russo, Downbeat, 6 October 1966

Rating for all: ★★½ ...

Chuck Berry, James Brown, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Rollins, Duke Ellington: Tempo: R&B and Jazz Album Reviews

Review by Jim Delehant, Hit Parader, November 1966

FOR SOME reason, recordings of live rock and roll shows are selling very well. You can hardly hear the music above the enthusiastic audience response ...

Charles Mingus, Modern Jazz Quartet, The, Charlie Byrd: Albums from Charles Mingus, the MJQ and Charlie Byrd

Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 12 November 1966

Mingus, MJQ And Yule Classic ...

John Coltrane: Meditations (Impulse 9110) *

Review by William Russo, Downbeat, 1 December 1966

Personnel: Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophones; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, Rashied All, drums. ...

Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday (World Record Club TS30)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 31 December 1966

THERE ARE FEW singers in and around jazz who continue to excite our wonder long after their death. Bessie Smith is one, and Mildred Bailey ...

Duke Ellington: Concert Of Sacred Music (RCA)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 31 December 1966

Hot jazz and religion in a ducal mixture ...

Nat King Cole: You're Listening To The Nat King Cole Trio (Music For Pleasure)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 11 February 1967

WE ALL SUFFER from blind spots, I guess, so I'll confess one of mine at once and admit that I'm almost totally proof against the ...

Mose Allison: Down Home Piano (Transatlantic PR7423)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 11 February 1967

MOSE ALLISON and his work are both pretty well known by now to jazz and blues lovers over here. This album, to set down first ...

"Brother" Jack McDuff: Silk and Soul (Transatlantic PR 7404)

Review by Max Jones, Melody Maker, 11 November 1967

BENNY GOLSON arranged some of the eight tracks on Brother Jack McDuff's SILK AND SOUL (Transatlantic PR 7404) for organ and big band, complete with ...

Nina Simone: 'Nuff Said (RCA Victor)

Review by uncredited writer, Melody Maker, 8 February 1969

PROOF TO SILENCE THE CYNICS ...