George Adams: Sound Suggestions
Dave Holland | George Adams | Heinz Sauer | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Wheeler | Richard Beirach
Not only is this vintage George Adams, from a time when his playing was at its most fluent and inventive,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2019
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
Lee Konitz: The Real Lee Konitz
The only problem with these two collectors' items is visual. Their packaging is in Japanese, with those tiny reproductions of...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2014
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
Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Relaxes
Had it not been for a succession of albums taped for Prestige and Riverside, it's possible that Coleman Hawkins might...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2012
John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop
Despite the youthful appearance of the participants and their period clothing styles, the music comes up fresh and powerful. On...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2011
Dayna Stephens: Right Now! The Dayna Stephens Quartet Live At The Village Vanguard
Aaron Parks | Ben Street | Dayna Stephens | Gregory Hutchinson
DownBeat magazine's critics voted Dayna Stephens Rising Star Tenor Saxophonist in 2019, and since the elegantly powerful, Wayne Shorter-inspired American...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2020
Michael Rodriguez: Reverence
Chris Cheek | Gerald Clayton | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Michael Rodriguez | Rodney Green
One of the best releases in 2007 was Conversations on Savant by the Cuban-blooded but America-reared Rodriguez Brothers – trumpeter...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2013
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