Joel Ross: The Parable of the Poet
Blue Note labelmates Ross and Immanuel Wilkins have been two of the most eagerly-embraced African-American jazz newcomers of recent years,...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022
George Cables: The George Cables Songbook
Craig Handy | Essiet Essiet | George Cables | Sarah Elizabeth Charles | Steven Kroon | Victor Lewis
There is a classiness about George Cables' music that sweeps everything before it. Any niggles feel petty. The 71-year-old pianist...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2017
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Adam Levy | Brian Blade | Dan Rieser | Jesse Harris | Lee Alexander | Norah Jones
A little over 20 years ago, a 14-track debut album from a relatively unknown singer-songwriter and pianist was released on...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2022
Nils Wülker and Münchner Rundunkorchester: Continuum
The ‘Young Man with the Horn’ image has been around for some time as a major label marketing ploy and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022
Brian Lynch: 7 x 7 by 7
Alex Wintz | Boris Kozlov | Brian Lynch | Craig Handy | Kyle Swan | Luis Perdomo | Murph Aucamp
Seven musicians, playing seven pieces, all seven minutes long, sounds like a gimmick. Well, it is, but when the music...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Stacy Dillard: Good and Bad Memories
Craig Magnano | Jeremy ‘Bean’ Clemons | Orrin Evans | Ryan Berg | Stacy Dillard
The first time I heard Stacy Dillard was on a Wycliffe Gordon Criss Cross CD back in 2006 (Cone's Coup),...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011
The Magnificent Seven Jazz Band: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Here are sidemen (or should I say, side persons, given Roberts' presence?) garnered from the present-day Barber, Ball and Bilk...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2014
Shatner's Bassoon: The Self Titled Album: Shansa Barsnaan
Andrew Lisle | Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Joost Hendrickx | Michael Bardon | Oliver Dover
Formed in 2010, Shatner's Bassoon follow their debut Aquatic Ape Privilege with The Self Titled Album: Shansa Barsnaan. On titles...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015
Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner
This album follows Herwig’s Latin Side of John Coltrane, bringing a septet approach to some of McCoy Tyner’s works and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024
Jonathan Finlayson: 3 Times Round
Brian Settles | Craig Weinrib | John Hebert | Jonathan Finlayson | Matthew Mitchell | Steve Lehman
A longtime associate of Steve Coleman, trumpeter Finlayson’s two CDs to date, Moment And The Messsage and Moving Still, impressed....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
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