The Index of Music

• Jazz Reviews:

  • Great British Jazz Original recordings from the hey-day of the Brit jazz scene. JBP.

  • Don Byas was a sideman extrordinare, Max catches him in Paris.

  • The New Orleans Ragamuffins rip it up in Barcelona... ¿Qué? JBP

  • Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy Max reviews their careers and their 1972 collaboration.

  • The French Preservation New Orleans Jazz Band with Sammy Rimington and Fred Vigorito rip it up. JBP.

  • The James Spaulding Interview. Max gets to know this jazz pioneer.

  • B - Sides. A few titbits that didn't fir anywhere else. MC.

  • Dana Leong and the Loft and Nu Jazz scene. Max listens to an amazingly talented multi-instrumentalist.

  • Dream of The Red Door; The Transhumans. Max goes where others fear to tread.

  • Bunk Johnson. was "thrawn, quarrelsome and drank too much" but produced some great music in the mid 40s. JBP.

  • The Midnight Serenaders' new album "Magnolia" is an enjoyable take on the New Orleans sound with a modern twist. MC.

  • The Jazz O'Maniacs do a pretty good job of re-creating that New Orleans sound... in Germany! JBP.

  • That Develin' Tune. Max has listened though this 9 CD box set just for us.. (I think he quite enjoyed it!).

  • The Mix. Maxwell (our man in Paris) traces the development of cabaret and follows it through to a new project by Linda Kosut.

  • Infinite Search Max checks out Max's new album (Chandler and Perkoff are the Max's concerned).

  • The Original Salty Dogs. A post-war revivalist outfit who know their stuff. JBP.

  • Herbie Nichols. There's a complete Blue-Note CD out. Max gives us the lowdown.

  • Rare Cuts - Well Done from Kid Ory, Preston Jackson and the Missourians. JBP.

  • Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz Max checks out the vibraphone kings.

  • Mal Waldron. This often overlooked talented pianist died in 2002. MC.

  • Sweet Emma Barrett and her Bell Boys. Haphazard but enjoyable. JBP.

  • Wayne Shorter-The All Seeing Eye. Maxwell takes a peek.

  • Shake It and Break It: Lanin's Southern Serenaders 1921-22. Not so hot. JBP.

  • Barry Martyn's Orchestra: Everybody's Talkin' 'bout .. Sammy Morgan and The Piron Band revisited. JBP.

  • New Orleans Reborn - Jazz, Blues, Hymns. Big Bill keeps the music alive. JBP.

  • The New King. Already Dead. Who could take on the mantle of Charlie Parker? MC.

  • Quintet, Elmo Hope. Maxwell unearths another remastered gem.

  • JBP tries some Italian Trad Jazz and some "Old Time Black Southern string Music"

  • Joyride / Stanley Turrentine. “The Sugar Man” - MC.

  • Settin' the World on Fire / The Firehouse Five - Plus 2. A collection from 1949-71 of the work of the "Disney Jazz-men". JBP.

  • Afro Cuban / Kenny Dorham Although often the side-man to the big names, here we find trumpeter Kenny Dorham playing mostly his own compositions in good company with Hank Mobley and Art Blakey and a latin groove. MC.

  • The Definitive Charley Patton. Max gives us the lowdown on this under-appreciated pioneer.

  • The Unissued Yancey Wire Recordings. Made in 1951, shortly before his death these informal recordings find the great man at home with his friends. JBP.

  • Joseph Robichaux and His New Orleans Rhythm Boys. Their complete recordings, now available on Document. JBP.

  • The Night of the Cookers / Freddie Hubbard. Join Max at Club La Marchal for this re-mastered and repackaged 2-disk set.

  • Senior Moments / Harlem Hot Stompers. They're old and they stomp! JBP.

  • Sonny's Crib / Sonny Clark. A great pianist who died too young. MC.

  • Louisiana Moonshine. JBP reminds us of the predicament of the New Orleans jazz men.

  • Fuego / Donald Byrd. A gem from 1959, remastered. MC.

  • The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings / Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron. The title says it all really. Max urges us not to forget Fats.

  • Skies of America / Ornette Coleman & The London Symphony Orchestra. Quite a lineup, quite an album! MC.

  • Laughin to Keep From Cryin / Lester Young. His last album, full of melancholy. MC.

  • True / Brian Carrick's Algiers Stompers. No melancholy here! JBP.

  • Sonny's Dream / Sonny Criss Orchestra. Sonny teams up with Horace Tapscott in this Birth of the New Cool. MC.

  • Workout / Hank Mobley. Mobley collaborated and/or fell-out with the best. MC.

  • Western Swing / Various. A kind of mixture of jazz, blues, country and folk, with gusto. JBP.

  • Champagne / Spicy Advice Ragtime Band. They're from Scandinavia you know... JBP.

  • Journey In Satchidananda / Alice Coltrane. Alice plays harp on this unusual album. MC.

  • New Orleans Jazz. JBP suggests some uplifting listening.

  • Filles De Kilimanjaro / Miles Davis. This album divides opinion. Recorded in '68, it finds Miles Davis at a stylistic crossroads. MC.

  • Piano in the Foreground / Duke Ellington. Remastered and with bonus tracks here is a fine Ellington trio; " rich and moody - cool blues and limpid greens".

  • Mingus Dynasty / Charles Mingus. Re-mastered Mingus classic. MC.

  • Mode For Joe / Joe Henderson. Sixties sax re-mastered. MC.

  • Night Lights / Gerry Mulligan. Essential "Cool Jazz". MC.

  • Cool Blues / Jimmy Smith. Max thought he didn't like organ music until a friend turned him on to Jimmy.

  • The Crescent / John Coltrane. Coltrane's oft-forgotten masterpiece. Max checks it out.

  • Grass Roots / Andrew Hill. Max checks out a remastered treasure from 1968.

  • Thelonious in Action / Thelonious Monk. Monk at his best, recorded live in 1958. MC.

  • Far East Suite / Duke Ellington. You want a Duke Ellington album, but which one? Maxwell Chandler gives this one "classic" status.

  • Right Now! / Jackie McLean. Great sixties Jazz, re-mastered. MC.

  • The Procrastinator / Lee Morgan. Classic Jazz. MC.

  • Note: MC. = Maxwell Chandler. JBP. = JBP!

• Feature articles

  • Interview with Jackie Ryan Maxwell Chandler meets the Sassy Siren.

  • Gabriele D’Annunzio & Ottorino Respighi get the Maxwell Chandler treatment.

  • Interview with trombonist Max Perkoff. Maxwell Chandler goes back-stage.

  • Seduction By Dance. Maxwell Chandler takes a look at the tango and recommends some listening.

  • Of Freedom and the Heart. Maxwell goes to the opera. Beethoven's Fidelio, in the 1962 Otto Klemperer recording.

  • The Tears Which Water The Flowers. Maxwell Chandler gives us an insight into Fado.

  • Obituary for Elvin Ray Jones. Maxwell Chandler remembers a great man.

  • Interview with Wayne H.W Wolfson. Wayne's new album, Midnight Latitudes is a collaboration with Mars Sydicate, it was released May 2006. We asked him about it.

• Rock Reviews:

  • John Fogerty is still going strong in 2008 (2007 really, but we were slow).

  • Sarabeth Tucek. Who? We find out.

  • Cookies / 1990s. DA's been waiting for this for 2 years...

  • Remember Me / Otis redding 22 previously unreleased tracks, mostly songs you haven't heard before.

  • One Time For All Time / 65 Days of Static It's loud, then it's quiet, it's impressive, it's Prog Rock for 2006!

  • The Delivery Man / Elvis Costello and the Imposters Back on top form.

  • Over The Counter Culture / The Ordinary Boys This summer's big thing. Ordinary boys, not so ordinary album.

  • Roll / Anne McCue This Australian singer-songwriter has some surprises up her sleeve.

  • Peace Love Death Metal / Eagles of Death Metal Not as nihilistic as you might think.

  • thickfreakness / The Black Keys They're from Detroit....

  • Streetcore / Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros The album Joe was working on when he died.

  • Life For Rent / Dido The UK number one for months!

  • The Last Martini / Wolfson and Grenadier Wayne H.W Wolfson's collaboration with Grenadier.

• Music Downloads:

  • Journey Into Space By The Weevil. Inspired by the 60's TV series.

  • Organism By The Weevil. More Electronica.

  • Work In Progress By The Weevil. His biggest "hit".

  • Via Reggio By Wolfson & Mars Syndicate. A taster for the new album.