Review of Joey Alexander	: Origin

Joey Alexander : Origin

Chris Potter | Gilad Hekselman | Joey Alexander | Kendrick Scott | Larry Grenadier

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Even when he was still in his early teens, Joey Alexander’s touch was delicate and mature, and he played with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022

Review of Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Jerry Bergonzi: Rigmaroll

Andrea Michelutti | Bruce Barth | Dave Santora | Jerry Bergonzi | Phil Grenadier

Savant SCD

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the day, virtually every tenor player had such a distinctive sound, you knew immediately who it was. Times...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015

Review of Emaginario: Interlude Of The Duende

Emaginario: Interlude Of The Duende

Eric Harland | Ethan Margolis | Larry Grenadier

Ropeadope/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★

Guitarist Ethan Margolis is an unusual artist in that he reversed the usual flow of jazz traffic by deserting his...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2024

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

Review of Matt Slocum: Lion Dance

Matt Slocum: Lion Dance

Larry Grenadier | Matt Slocum | Walter Smith III

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

You've got to admire the self-confidence of musicians who, after a single rehearsal, go into the studio and lay all...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024

Review of Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn

Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn

Jason Palmer | Larry Grenadier | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner

Editor's Choice

Giant Step Arts GSA

Rating: ★★★★

These two intense live albums, recorded in August 2023 at Brooklyn’s Ornithology listening space, present two heavyweight left-field quartets playing...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2025

Review of Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

With Rising Grace in 2016, the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel confirmed his stature on the world stage all the more...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018

Review of Brad Mehldau Trio: The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996-2001

Brad Mehldau Trio: The Art of the Trio: Recordings 1996-2001

Brad Mehldau | Jorge Rossy | Larry Grenadier

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

Career retrospectives such as this usually come much later in an artist's life, and this seven CD box set includes...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2012

Review of Ibrahim Maalouf: Wind

Ibrahim Maalouf: Wind

Clarence Penn | Frank Woeste | Ibrahim Maalouf | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner

M'ister/Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

After the 2007-11 trilogy of Diasporas, Diachronism and Diagnostic, in which electronics and state of the art production featured prominently,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013

Review of Paul Motian: On Broadway

Paul Motian: On Broadway

Bill Frisell | Charlie Haden | Chris Potter | Joe Lovano | Larry Grenadier | Lee Konitz | Loren Stillman | Masabumi Kikuchi | Michaël Attias | Paul Motian

Winter & Winter

Rating: ★★★

Compiled as a tribute to Motian, his occasional series has now been collated in time to celebrate the 25th anniversary...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2013

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