Review of Tineka Postma: The Dawn of Light

Tineka Postma: The Dawn of Light

Esperanza Spalding | Frans Van Der Hoeven | Marc Van Roon | Martijn Vink | Tineke Postma

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

The fifth album from one of Holland's most sophisticated young post-bop saxophonists, The Dawn of Light is also a notable...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011

Review of Misha Mullov-Abbado: New Ansonia

Misha Mullov-Abbado: New Ansonia

Jacob Collier | James Davison | Matthew Barley | Matthew Heard | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Nick Goodwin | Scott Chapman | Tom Green | Victoria Mullova

Edition

Rating: ★★★

A polished performance at last year's Proms, in the intimate setting of the Elgar Room, showed that Mullov-Abbado's ensemble was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015

Review of Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line

Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line

Aaron Safarty | Benjamin Shepherd | Bob Sheppard | Jasper Somsen | John Beasley | Kendrick Scott | Maria Puga Lareo | Mike Cottone | Simon Moullier

Challenge

Rating: ★★★

Bob Sheppard is one of the sharpest multi-reed players in contemporary jazz but he rarely fronts his own outfits in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019

Review of Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Benito Gonzalez | Corcoran Holt | Deelee Dubé | Mark Whitfield Jr | Russell Malone

Concord Jazz/Vocal Insight

Rating: ★★★★

Vocalist Deelee Dubé made history when she became the first British winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Review of Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Michele Rosewoman's New Yor-Uba: 30 Years: A Musical Celebration of Cuba in America

Abraham Rodriguez | Adam Cruz | Daniel Carbonell | Freddie Hendrix | Howard Johnson | Michele Rosewoman | Mike Lee | Nina Rodriguez | Oliver Lake | Pedrito Martinez

Advance Dance Disques

Rating: ★★★★

Exactly 30 years ago, pianist Michele Rosewoman received financial support from the National Endowment for the Arts to pioneer a...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014

Review of Preston Glasgow Lowe: Something About Rainbows

Preston Glasgow Lowe: Something About Rainbows

David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Laurie Lowe

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

It says something about the progressive musical times we live in that Preston Glasgow Lowe have been a regular fixture...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

Dwayne Burno | Eric Alexander | Helen Sung | Joe Chambers | Nicole Guiland | Richie Good | Steve Berrios | Xavier Davis

Savant

Rating: ★★★★

Lest you imagine some misprint in the album title, this tribute album is an homage not only to drummer Max...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2010

Review of Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Andy Gonzales | Ignacio Berroa | Luis Perdomo | Mark Shim | Mauricio Herrera

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Following his brilliant trio set for Sunnyside with Drew Gress and Jack DeJohnette, Venezuelan pianist Perdomo (also featured on Ravi...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2012

Review of Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You

Luca Caruso | Noah Stoneman | Will Sach

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

Review of Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings

Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings

Art Simmons | Bernard Peiffer | Beryl Booker | Don Byas | Jacques Dieval | Martial Solal | Mary Lou Williams | Maurice Vander | with Billy Taylor

Solid Jazz Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Were it not for the efforts of Gilles Petard's now dormant French-based Classics label in documenting the recordings of Don...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

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