Review of Roscoe Mitchell With Craig Taborn And Kikanju Baku: Conversations II

Roscoe Mitchell With Craig Taborn And Kikanju Baku: Conversations II

Craig Taborn | Kikanju Baku | Roscoe Mitchell

Wide Hive

Rating: ★★★

“Great black music: ancient to future” is the seminal manifesto of Art Ensemble Of Chicago, but this thrilling trio led...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

Review of Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Craig Taborn | Dave King | Reid Anderson

Intakt CD

Rating: ★★★★

The title refers to a city on the outskirts of Minneapolis, where all three of the musicians grew up and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Album Interview: Dave Holland featuring Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories

Album Interview: Dave Holland featuring Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories

Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Dave Holland | Evan Parker

Dare 2 Records

Rating: ★★★

Released on Holland's own label, Dare2 Records, Unchartered Territories, is the first album under his name to focus almost exclusively...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2018

Review of Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard

Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard

Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | Marcus Gilmore | Scott Colley

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★

There's no such thing as a cursory glance at Chris Potter's discography. Since the early 1990s, the multi-reeds virtuoso has...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2023

Review of Ches Smith: Interpret It Well

Ches Smith: Interpret It Well

Bill Frisell | Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Mat Maneri

Editor's Choice

Pyroclastic Records

Rating: ★★★★

The classy chamber-trio lineup that made ECM's 2016 release, The Bell – Ches Smith, Mat Maneri and Craig Taborn –...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022

Review of Junk Magic: Compass Confusion

Junk Magic: Compass Confusion

Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | David King | Erik Fratzke | Mat Maneri

Editor's Choice

Pyroclastic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sixteen years after his debut release as Junk Magic, pianist Craig Taborn returns with this remarkable follow-up, which continues his...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2021

Review of David Binney: A Glimpse of the Eternal

David Binney: A Glimpse of the Eternal

Craig Taborn | Dan Weiss | David Binney | Eivind Opsvik

CrissCross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Reflecting upon his new acoustic quartet release, his 10th for the Dutch label Criss Cross, the saxophonist-composer David Binney notes,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2022

Review of Thomas Strønen: Relations

Thomas Strønen: Relations

Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | Jorge Rossy | Sinikka Langeland | Thomas Strønen

ECM

Rating: ★★★

The Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen, an inspired collagist of solo percussion sounds and an open-minded collaborator too, might have imagined...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2024

Review of David Binney: Lifted Land

David Binney: Lifted Land

Craig Taborn | David Binney | Eivind Opsvik | Tyshawn Sorey

Criss Cross Criss

Rating: ★★★

He might slip under the radar these days more than he should, but the Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Review of Chris Potter: The Sirens

Chris Potter: The Sirens

Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Virelles | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Chris Potter is one of the very few contemporary heavyweights in the big US tenor tradition. As a sax sideman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

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