Review of Bill Evans: With Don Elliott & Jerry Wald

Bill Evans: With Don Elliott & Jerry Wald

Barry Galbraith | Bill Evans | Billy Byers | Don Elliott | Eddie Costa | Ernie Furtado | Hal McKusick | Janet Putnam | Jerry Wald | Motian

Solar

Rating: ★★

Scrutinizing the contents of this reissue, the words ‘bottom’ and ‘barrel’ come to mind. Listen To The Music of Jerry...

Reviewed by Brian Priestl in issue: October/2015

Review of Okonski: Magnolia

Okonski: Magnolia

Aaron Frazer | Michael Isvara Montgomery | Steve Okonski

Colemine Records

Rating: ★★★

Dinner jazz for candlelit nights, this mini-album, six tracks over about 25 minutes, has a casual intimacy that's hard not...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023

Review of Hadley Caliman

Hadley Caliman

Bill Douglas | Clarence Becton | Hadley Caliman | John White Jnr | Larry Vuckovich

CDBOPM

Rating: ★★★

The Boplicity series is proving invaluable for the light it shines on the unknowns as well as the known quantities...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Review of Denny Zeitlin and George Marsh: Riding The Moment

Denny Zeitlin and George Marsh: Riding The Moment

Denny Zeitlin | George Marsh

Sunnyside Communications

Rating: ★★★

A slippery one, this. The technical expertise of the two musicians is not in doubt. Zeitlin has worked with the...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2015

Review of Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Jo Harrop: The Heart Wants

Andy Davies | Christian McBride | Hannah Vasanth | Jason Rebello | Jo Harrop | Troy Miller

Lateralize Records

Rating: ★★★★

The album cover of The Heart Wants, which features vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop musing over a lyric sheet, is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Eddie Harris: Live at Fabrik

Eddie Harris: Live at Fabrik

Adam Nussbaum | Bob Berg | David Kikoski | Dieter Ilg | Jeff Andrews | Joey Baron | Joey Calderazzo | Michael Brecker | Mike Stern | Randy Brecker

Jazzline Classics

Rating: ★★★

Vocalist, multi- instrumentalist, inventor, and creative box of tricks Eddie Harris left a legacy of new instruments, great tunes and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022

Review of Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas – Sound Prints: Other Worlds

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas – Sound Prints: Other Worlds

Dave Douglas | Joe Lovano | Joey Baron | Lawrence Fields | Linda May Han Oh

Editor's Choice

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

Other Worlds is the third release by the Sound Prints quintet – the A-list postbop ensemble co-led by Joe Lovano...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2021

Review of Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic II: Norwegian Woods

Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic II: Norwegian Woods

Bugge Wesseltoft | Knut Reiersrud | Morten Qvenild | Pål Hausken | Roger Arntzen | Solveig Slettahjell

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Producer Siggi Loch's imaginatively curated Jazz at the Berlin Philharmonic series have been a deserved and recurring success, attested by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

Review of Amy’s everything: Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything

Amy’s everything: Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything

Amy Gadiaga | Christ-Stéphane Boizi | Joseph Oti | Luke Bacchus | Simon Lamb | Tom Waters

Jazz re:freshed

Rating: ★★★★

All Black Everything has been an awfully long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait. Singer, bassist, composer,...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2024

Review of Mal Waldron / Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors

Mal Waldron / Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors

Andrew Cyrille | Mal Waldron | Reggie Workman | Steve Lacy

Editor's Choice

Elemental Music

Rating: ★★★★

In their duo concerts, Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy trod a fine line between the interpretation of Thelonious Monk’s music,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2024

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