Review of Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way

Philip Bailey: Love Will Find a Way

Verve

Rating: ★★

Earth, Wind & Fire's original vocalist pays warm tribute to soul music heroes Curtis and Marvin with the gloss of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

Review of Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man

Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man

Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie | Brian Jackson | Gil Scott-Heron | Hubert Laws | Ron Carter

BGP

Rating: ★★★★★

GSH aficionados will be more than familiar with this, one of the masterworks of his Flying Dutchman period. If Small...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Genre in issue: August/2014

Review of The Johnny Scott Orchestra: London Swings

The Johnny Scott Orchestra: London Swings

Al Newman | Alan Branscombe | Arthur Watts | Barry Morgan | Bob Efford | Don Lusher | Duncan Lamont | Eddie Blair | Greg Bown | Ian Hamer

Vocalion

Rating: ★★

Lumped a little clumsily together into a single CD here are two vinyl albums which evoked considerable national pride in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2011

Review of Jesse Fischer: Resilience

Jesse Fischer: Resilience

self-released

Rating: ★★

The young Brooklyn-based multi-keyboardist's contemporary mainstream groove pop-fusion draws subtle influences from folky roots music but it's rather bland and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

Review of Scott Jeppesen: Wonders

Scott Jeppesen: Wonders

Creative Bottle Music

Rating: ★★

A rising star in the tough Joe Henderson- mentored tenor mould, this Los Angeles resident combines a mainstream fusion with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Review of Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Jaleel Shaw | Michael Dease | Nicholas Payton | Ulysses Owens Jr.

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Criss Cross boss, producer Gerry Teekens really goes back to the label's roots with this no-nonsense, contemporary hard bop date....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

Review of Clemens Christian Pötzsch: People and Places

Clemens Christian Pötzsch: People and Places

Two Rivers

Rating: ★★★

A calming step-back-from-life solo recording by a Leipzig pianist for London based singer Alya Marquardt’s label with a feel for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Review of Scott DuBois: Summer Water

Scott DuBois: Summer Water

Watertone Music

Rating: ★★★

DuBois’ chiming ambient-rock solo guitar shifts from mellow to melodically stormy in the third in a series of programmatic albums...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

Review of Philip Dizack: The End of an Era

Philip Dizack: The End of an Era

Aaron Parks | Brooke Quiggins Saulnier | Jake Saslow | Joe Sanders | Justin Brown | Kendrick Scott | Linda Oh | Maria Jeffers | Matt Aronoff | Nora Krohn

Truth Revolution Records

Rating: ★★★

New generation trumpeter Philip Dizack's second album is a heartfelt probe into the melancholy of personal loss and rage in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Daryl Shaw | Doug Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | Geoffrey Keezer | James Burton | Lew Soloff | Loren Schoenberg

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

A great contemporary bassist, McBride has also become an important educator and advocate for both the artform and African-American culture...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

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