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Harry James & His Orchestra: The Complete Harry James In Hi-Fi

The distinctive trumpeter, much admired by Miles Davis, wasn't at his jazziest on the title album but here it's paired with Wild About Harry!

Wes Montgomery: Groove Yard

Virgin vinyl reissue of the Montgomery brothers' 1961 album includes an alternate take of the bebop head Doujie

Samuel Blaser: Roundabout + Triple Dip

The Swiss trombonist, variously accompanied by piano and drums, plays what the producer calls 'cliché-free art'

Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go 

In 2018 saxophonist and singer Shepp added another example to his substantial series of duos with pianists

Woody Shaw Quintet: Time Is Right

The trumpeter's signature superimposition of pentatonics is heard here in Italy in 1983 in a quintet including Mulgrew Miller

Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash: Tell The Birds I Said Hello – The Music Of Herbie Nichols

Tenor, guitar and bass trio create a chamber-jazz sound pleasingly at odds with the piano trio setup that features on Nichols' own recordings

News in detail

The great wine world of Quincy Jones

Wine from the cellar of the renowned arranger and producer was sold in an auction conducted by Christie's from Los Angeles

Cadillac’s Joy reissue gets Presto award

The 1976 album Joy, featuring Jim Dvorak and Ernest Mothle, has been recognised as Jazz Best Archive/Reissue Of The Year

Stan Sulzmann’s 75th birthday gig at Watermill Jazz

The saxophonist's 75th birthday gig in Dorking featured his Neon Orchestra with special guest Nikki Iles on accordion

Steve Voce, 1933-2023

The long-serving and popular Jazz Journal columnist and reviewer Steve Voce died in Liverpool this week, aged 89

Val Wilmer looks back on jazz

Work by the British photographer and jazz journalist Val Wilmer is on show in north London until the end of November

Lottery awards £247,494 to research black music shops

Leicester-based arts body says the early independent UK record store was a music-fuelled vehicle for resistance against systemic racism

The Dick Patterson Trio – a real-life jazz mystery

Recordings by Dick Patterson, a bassist active in 1960s Chicago, have been issued for the first time - but who played the piano and drums?

London’s Ladbroke Hall hosts major jazz series

Among those appearing at the new west London venue are Zhenya Strigalev, Gareth Lockrane, Jean Toussaint, Steve Fishwick and Femi Temowo

Roman Bulakhov surfs the jazz wave in Ukraine

Ukrainian jazz is safe in the hands of players such as guitarist Bulakhov, whose new album shows how creativity prevails against adversity

Charlie Watts collection for auction at Christie’s

Charlie Parker's union card, his 'alto break' contracts and two Beiderbecke scores are among the jazz-related items on sale in September