Review of Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts

Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts

Betty Glamann | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Oscar Pettiford | Sonny Rollins

New Land Newland

Rating: ★★★★

Two more beautifully-presented and splendid-sounding reissues from UK indie New Land, who, after the recent Mingus box set (see review...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2024

Review of Jerome Sabbagh: Vintage

Jerome Sabbagh: Vintage

Jerome Sabbagh | Joe Martin | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Jerome Sabbagh is a fluent saxophonist with an airy tone and a breezy cool-school aesthetic. Born in Paris in 1973,...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023

Review of Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You

Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You

Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Mike Brecker

Rating: ★★★★

This reissue recaptures a wonderful session for an all-star Kenny Wheeler-led 1983 quintet – wonderful not just for its typically...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2019

Review of Ingrid Jensen/Steve Treseler: Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler

Ingrid Jensen/Steve Treseler: Invisible Sounds: For Kenny Wheeler

Christine Jensen | Geoffrey Keezer | Ingrid Jensen | Jon Wilken | Katie Jacobson | Martin Wind | Steve Treseler

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

As Ingrid Jensen notes, there are established jazz styles like swing and bebop, and then there are the originals who...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2019

Review of Terri Lyne Carrington: TLC & Friends

Terri Lyne Carrington: TLC & Friends

Buster Williams | George Coleman | Kenny Barron | Sonny Carrington | Terri Lyne Carrington

Editor's Choice

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded over a single session at the Jimmy Madison Studio, NYC, on 19 October 1981, just a few months after...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2023

Review of Kenny Garrett & Svoy: Who Killed AI?

Kenny Garrett & Svoy: Who Killed AI?

Kenny Garrett | Svoy

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★

One of the significant exponents of the alto saxophone in the 1990s and 2000s, Kenny Garrett has long taken an...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024

Review of Gerry Gibbs: Thrasher Dream Trio

Gerry Gibbs: Thrasher Dream Trio

Gerry Gibbs | Kenny Barron | Ron Carter

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★

Gibbs is the son of vibes veteran Terry Gibbs (who'll turn 90 this year) and, coming up through the NYC...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2014

Review of Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby The Concert From Avignon

Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby The Concert From Avignon

Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Bob Cunningham | Kenny Barron | Yusef Lateef

Editor's Choice

Elemental

Rating: ★★★★

Although Yusef Lateef is one of the undisputed pioneers of ‘eastern sounds’ he also had deep roots in the blues,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024

Review of Joyce Moreno/Kenny Werner: Poesia

Joyce Moreno/Kenny Werner: Poesia

Joyce Moreno | Kenny Werner

Pirouet Records

Rating: ★★★★

The musical relationship between Rio singer-songwriter Joyce Moreno and New York pianist Kenny Werner runs deep. Werner played on both...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Kenny Warren: In the Heat

Kenny Warren: In the Heat

Kenny Warren | Mathias Pichler | Nathan Ellman-Bell

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Kenny Warren's puckish phrasing and brittle tone place him in a lineage that begins with Don Cherry. This album is...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2020

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