Editor’s choices. An interesting selection. A few that I’ve heard and some that I haven’t. There are some names I know of here.
Jazzwise Best of Jazz selection: June 2026
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Coming soon (April 18th) Bill Evans At The BBC. The previously-bootlegged “Jazz 625” session from March 1965 gets an official release at last. Double vinyl for Record Store Day or on CD. Featuring Bill’s only appearance on BBC television, with bassist Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker on drums. Intro. by Humphrey Lyttleton.
A link to a review by Andrew Cartmel should appear here, but if it doesn’t I’ll put it in a comment after.
ATM – Live audio correction, post-recording.
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I thought I’d experiment with recording live audio on my phone, using the free Dolby On app. I was at a friend’s pub jazz gig last night and recorded the entire second of their two sets, just to see how well the app worked, really. The result was pretty good except, because I was seated right at the front about 6ft from the drum kit, the bass drum has come out slightly too loud and occasionally a little distorted on the recording. Any tips about correcting/mitigating this, from those in the know/sound engineering types, without losing too much of the other bass frequencies? Audacity is the sound app I use on my Windows laptop, but so far I’ve only ever used it’s basic functions.
“The Last Word” – Miles Davis Warner Brothers Box: Get It While It’s Hot (and cheap).
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An 8-CD box comprising the studio albums “Tutu”, “Amandla” & “Doo Bop”, the film soundtracks “Siesta” & “Dingo” and live albums “Live with Quincy Jones At Montreux”, “Miles Davis Live Around The World” & “At The Nice Festival”.
“The package is presented in a stiff black clamshell box with each of the 8x CDs in its own sleeve complete with original artwork. A high-quality 60-page booklet details the history, development and production of all the music, complete with genuinely engrossing & literate essays penned by people like Ashley Khan and Leonard Feather.
The music is all remastered to perfection and the sound (even the live-on-stage stuff) is excellent. At the offer price, it’s a steal.”
I expect it’s available from other retailers, if spending money with Amazon is not your preference.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016E29ZIK/ref=pe_1229711_212818321_em_1p_3_ti
