Bobby Avey: Authority Melts From Me
Ben Monder | Bobby Avey | Jordan Perlson | Miguel Zenón | Thomson Kneeland
Bobby Avey won the Thelonius Monk prize for composition in 2011 and currently holds the piano chair with Dave Liebman's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2014
Ralph Peterson Fo'Tet Augmented: Alive At Firehouse 12 Vol 2: Fo’ N Mo’
Peterson, a drummer to be mentioned in the same breath as the Tains of this world, has been an impressively...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life: People Of The Sun
The intermittent superhero theme as well as underlying statement of African-American identity of this album is fitting in the year...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019
Nick Sorensen and John Law: The Journey Home
Nick Sorensen and John Law have been performing together as a duo (and in larger groups) since 2006, and their...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Harish Raghavan: Calls for Action
Harish Raghavan | Immanuel Wilkins | Joel Ross | Kweku Sumbry | Micah Thomas
Over the previous decade or so, this New York-based Illinois-born bassist has been receiving deserved props for his performances with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020
Jamil Sheriff Trio: Places Like This
Dave Walsh | Jamil Sheriff | Pete Turner
The piano trio setting is still considered the test of a jazz pianist's mettle. Since his 2003 debut Daydreams, the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017
Pete Malinverni: An American in London
Dave Green | Pete Malinverni | Steve Brown
New York pianist Malinverni came over twice last year as MD/accompanist to singer Anaïs Reno for her successful Pizza Express...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band
Mintzer may be Mr Yellowjacket these days, but big bands are in his DNA, as they are in that of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Klemens Marktl Sextet: December
Aaron Goldberg | Harish Raghavan | Joe Locke | John Ellis | Klemens Marktl | Seamus Blake
Austrian drummer Marktl has assembled a cast of New York heavyweights for this nicely-balanced set of 10 originals. The strong...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2016
Eh Joe: Is Love the Word?
Joost Hendrickx | Mila Dores | Rus Pearson | Sam Watts
With her fluorescent blue wig, typewriter (on which she ‘solos’) and inspirations that include Samuel Beckett and Hindustani music, Portugueseborn...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012
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