Donald Byrd: Four Classic Albums Byrd's Word/Byrd's Eye View/All Night Long/Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
These albums derive from when, very early in his career, Donald Byrd was fast becoming the most recorded jazzman ever....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014
Bill Charlap: All through the night
Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington
Other than a Record Store Day hype sticker, CrissCross offer no special explanation for this well-made, superbly-pressed and classy gatefold...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023
Benjamin Koppel/Joe Lovano: The Mezzo Sax Encounter
Benjamin Koppel | Joe Lovano | Jonathan Blake | Kenny Werner | Scott Colley
Pitched midway between the soprano and alto, the mezzo sax combines the tonal qualities of both. It adds the alto's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Vanessa Rubin: The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron
Carl Allen | John Cowherd | Kenny Davis | Vanessa Rubin
While any new recording by the illustrious Vanessa Rubin should immediately pique the interest of vocal jazz fans, the singer’s...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2019
Sun Ra Arkestra: Under The Direction of Marshall Allen: Babylon
In 1990 Sun Ra and his Arkestra were invited to play a prominent role at a Turkish music festival in...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2015
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet: Tough Tenors Again ‘n’ Again
Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis | Francy Boland | Jimmy Woode | Johnny Griffin | Kenny Clarke
Among the last and best recordings by these born crowd-pleasers, this studio session was in fact taped some while after...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2012
Judy Niemack: What's Love?
Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | Judy Niemack | Peter Bernstein | Sullivan Fortner
Recorded over two days at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, this fine new album from...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2023
Aziza
Chris Potter | Dave Holland | Eric Harland | Lionel Loueke
The double bass jazz maestro Dave Holland turned 70 in October but shows no signs of slowing down. In fact,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016
Tassos Spiliotopoulos: Archipelagos
Asaf Sirkis | John Parricelli | Kenny Wheeler | Tassos Spiliotopoulos | Yaron Stavi
The sound of surf and seagulls usher us into the sunny world of an up-and-coming Greek guitarist regularly heard around...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2010
Ralph Bowen
Cliff Almond | Jim Ridl | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen
Ralph Bowen was first heard with OTB (Out of the Blue) on Blue Note back in the 1970s. He's now...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2017
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