Review of Abbey Lincoln: Straightahead

Abbey Lincoln: Straightahead

Abbey Lincoln | Art Davis | Benny Bailey | Booker Little | Coleman Hawkins | Eric Dolphy | Jo Jones | Julian Priester | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

American Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★★

This is one of the great political and cultural statements made by African-Americans during the civil rights era. Apart from...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012

Review of Ralph Bowen: Standard Deviation

Ralph Bowen: Standard Deviation

Bill O'Connell | Donald Edwards | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★★

One-time OTB (Out of the Blue) member and now a highly respected Professor at Rutgers University, Ralph Bowen (like Jerry...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2014

Review of Slax MacFarlane and His Festive Five: Deck the Halls with Boughs of Bebop

Slax MacFarlane and His Festive Five: Deck the Halls with Boughs of Bebop

Boomer Haswell | Delmore Anderson | Lennie Crivelli | Ross Niedermeyer | Slax MacFarlane

DingDong

New York session trumpeter Slax MacFarlane threw together this five-piece combo to cash-in on the Yuletide hullabaloo of 1972. And,...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Now Vs. Now: The Buffering Cocoon

Now Vs. Now: The Buffering Cocoon

Jason Lindner | Justin Tyson | Natasha Diggs | Panagiotis Andreou | Sasha Masakowski | Steve Wall

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Jason Lindner's two-decade evolution from brainiac NYC keyboardist to synth lord has been fascinating to witness, not least as his...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2018

Review of Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society: Rahsaan, Rahsaan

Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society: Rahsaan, Rahsaan

Alvern Bunn | Dick Griffin | Howard Johnson | James Madison | Joe Texidor | Leroy Jenkins | Roland Kirk | Ron Burton | Sonelius Smith | Vernon Martin

Atlantic

Rating: ★★★

Like Dolphy, Kirk is one of the great multi-instrumentalists in jazz history. Unlike Dolphy, he is also one of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2014

Review of Jaco Pastorius: Anthology – The Warner Bros Years

Jaco Pastorius: Anthology – The Warner Bros Years

Bob Mintzer | Chuck Findley | Don Alias | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Jaco Pastorius | Kenneth Faulk | Michael Brecker | Mike Katz | Othello Molineaux

Atlantic Warner

Rating: ★★★★

Barely a year passes without another, often worthwhile, appreciation or tribute appearing to the intense musical genius that was bassist...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2015

Review of John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

Editor's Choice

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

There have been some fascinating, and absorbing, discoveries of previously unissued Coltrane material culled from a variety of sources, but...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023

Review of Richard Jones Trio: Angle Shades

Richard Jones Trio: Angle Shades

Johnny Hunter | Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley | Richard Jones

Efpi Records

Rating: ★★★

The opening moments of this debut recording from a young Mancunian acoustic piano trio sound almost accidental, like walking in...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023

Review of Bokanté: History

Bokanté: History

André Ferrari | Bob Lanzetti | Chris McQueen | Jamey Haddad | Keita Ogawa | Malika Tirolien | Michael League | Roosevelt Collier | Weedie Braimah

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

Bokanté began as a studio project centred around the collaboration between Guadeloupian singer/songwriter Malika Tirolien and Snarky Puppy bass player...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2023

Review of Courtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within

Courtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within

Cleveland Watkiss | Courtney Pine | Gary Crosby | Ian Mussington | Julian Joseph | Mark Mondesir | Martin Taylor | Orphy Robinson | Ray Carless | Roy Carter

Editor's Choice

Analogue October

Rating: ★★★★

It may be hard, in 2023, to gauge the pressure Courtney Pine was under when he made this debut almost...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024

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