New Zion Trio: Fight Against Babylon
Craig Santiago | Jamie Saft | Larry Grenadier
Keyboardist Jamie Saft's closest associations have been with drummer Bobby Previte as a long-term sideman and John Zorn, a kinship...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
Yaron Herman: Radio Paradise
Alexandra Grimal | Haggai Cohen Milo | Maria Grand | Yaron Herman | Ziv Ravitz
The explosive Herman has something of Craig Taborn’s attack which in turn leads us back to Andrew Hill’s deep structures....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025
Carmen Souza and Theo Pascal: Epistola
Carmen Souza | Craig Yaremko | Matt King | Shane Forbes | Theo Pascal | Zoe Pascal
There are few singers better equipped to make you sit up and really listen than Carmen Souza. Lisbon-born but of...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2016
Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean On The Corner
Craig Taborn | Greg Ward | Jason Roebke | Josh Berman | Mike Reed | Tim Haldeman
This is the other band led by Chicagobased drummer Reed and although notably different to Loose Assembly it has comparable...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012
Ben Van Gelder: Reprise
Ben Street | Ben Van Gelder | Craig Weinrib | Mark Turner | Peter Schlamb | Rick Rosato | Sam Harris
First things first: Dutch-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Ben Van Gelder doesn't have a dad, uncle or granddad named Rudy who...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014
The Bongolian: Harlem Hipshake
Craig Crofton | Gareth James Bailey | James Morton | Nasser Bouzida | Terry Edwards
When I first heard this new album by the multi-instrumentalist and Big Boss Man leader Nasser Bouzida (AKA The Bongolian)...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2021
Steve Lehman Trio featuring Mark Turner: The Music Of Anthony Braxton
Damion Reid | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer | Steve Lehman
Although he is one of the most original composer-improvisers in creative music today saxophonist Steve Lehman has always readily acknowledged...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025
Various Artists: The Passion of Charlie Parker
The presence of producer Larry Klein on any recording is always a marker of artistic excellence, and such is the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2017
Muhal Richard Abrams: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2
While a number of leading contemporary pianists, from Jason Moran to Craig Taborn and Vijay Iyer, are happy to cite...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017
Bill O'Connell: Jazz Latin
The core band on this sashaying suite played together for decades in the late flautist Dave Valentin's band. They channel...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2018
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