Review of Karim Saber: Transmission

Karim Saber: Transmission

Alex Wilson | Jack Thomas | John Jones | Karim Saber | Matt Cook

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

It was Phronesis founder Jasper Høiby who first brought rising guitarist and composer Karim Saber to the attention of Ubuntu...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024

Review of Joey DeFrancesco + The People: Project Freedom

Joey DeFrancesco + The People: Project Freedom

Dan Wilson | Jason Brown | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco | Troy Roberts

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

We don't know when this album was recorded, but it's hard not to hear it as something of a counter-call...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2017

Review of Joey DeFrancesco: Trip Mode

Joey DeFrancesco: Trip Mode

Dan Wilson | Jason Brown | Joey DeFrancesco | Joey Defrancesco

High Note HCD

Rating: ★★

DeFrancesco can play the organ as well as anybody – he has the discography, the awards and the full calendar...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2016

Review of Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care (Claire Martin Sings with Kenny Barron)

Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care (Claire Martin Sings with Kenny Barron)

Claire Martin | Kenny Barron | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Steve Wilson

Linn

Rating: ★★★★

Claire Martin's fifteenth album for Linn, her first US studio recording since Make This City Ours (1997), marks the first...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012

Review of Ken Peplowski: Enrapture

Ken Peplowski: Enrapture

Ehud Asherie | Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson

Capri

Rating: ★★★★

Peplowski is the premier mainstream/modern clarinetist de nos jours, a peerless improviser and technician, good at fronting a big band...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Review of Various Artists: Introducing M-Base

Various Artists: Introducing M-Base

Cassandra Wilson | Gary Thomas | Geri Allen | Greg Osby | Jean-Paul Bourelly | Steve Coleman

Winter & Winter

Rating: ★★★★

The sub-title of this compilation, Brooklyn In The 1980s, is not insignificant. For while the term M-Base has become a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Review of Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

Art Blakey | Coleman Hawkins | Gigi Gryce | John Coltrane | Ray Copeland | Shadow Wilson | Thelonious Monk | Wilbur Ware

Editor's Choice

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Seasoned jazz listeners will undoubtedly be familiar with Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's historic encounter at New York's Five Spot...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2023

Review of Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music

Christian McBride and Inside Straight: People Music

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Peter Martin | Steve Wilson | Ulysses Owens Jr | Warren Wolf

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Christian McBride's straight-ahead project might not break any boundaries but, like the leader's propulsive bass playing, it certainly packs a...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2013

Review of Art Tatum/Ben Webster: The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Art Tatum/Ben Webster: The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet

Art Tatum | Ben Webster | Bill Douglass | Jo Jones | Ray Brown | Red Callendar | Teddy Wilson

State of Art

Rating: ★★★★

The core of this elegantly packaged release is the seven-track album cut by Tatum and Webster in 1956, and which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2019

Review of Renee Rosnes: Written In The Rocks

Renee Rosnes: Written In The Rocks

Bill Stewart | Peter Washington | Renee Rosnes | Steve Nelson | Steve Wilson

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★

It’s 30 years already since Canadian-born Rosnes descended on the New York scene, making an immediate impact with, among others,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2016

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