Review of Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Al Foster | Charlie Haden | Joe Henderson

Editor's Choice

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Henderson’s position in the tenor sax canon is summed up by the title of his 1986 Blue Note recording...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023

Review of David Murray: Lucky Four

David Murray: Lucky Four

Dave Burrell | David Murray | Victor Lewis | Wilbur Morris

Enja/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★★

When Murray burst onto the free jazz loft scene in New York of the late 1970s, his saxophone style embraced...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

Review of Jean Luc-Ponty: Individual Choice

Jean Luc-Ponty: Individual Choice

Abdou M’Boup | Allan Holdsworth | Chick Corea | George Benson | George Duke | Guy N’Sangué | Jean-Luc Ponty | Kevin Eubanks | Martin Atangana | Mokhtar Samba

MPS

Rating: ★★★

Having played in the second version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ponty might not have liked having to admit that his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

Review of Mal Waldron: Mal/2

Mal Waldron: Mal/2

Art Taylor | Bill Hardman | Ed Thigpen | Idrees Sulieman | Jackie McLean | John Coltrane | Julian Euell | Mal Waldron | Sahib Shihab

Original Jazz Classics/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

By 1957 Mal Waldron had become resident piano player and composer for the Prestige label and here, for his second...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2023

Review of Leroy Vinnegar Sextet: Leroy Walks!

Leroy Vinnegar Sextet: Leroy Walks!

Carl Perkins | Gerald Wilson | Leroy Vinnegar | Teddy Edwards | Tony Bazley | Victor Feldman

Contemporary/Craft Recordings/Acoustic Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

A versatile sideman whose rock-solid playing graced countless jazz (and even rock) sessions, Leroy Vinnegar was most famous for his...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023

Review of Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman

Billy Higgins | Don Cherry | Don Payne | Ornette Coleman | Walter Norris

Editor's Choice

Contemporary/Craft Recordings/Acoustic Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

A versatile sideman whose rock-solid playing graced countless jazz (and even rock) sessions, Leroy Vinnegar was most famous for his...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023

Review of Harald Lassen: Balans

Harald Lassen: Balans

Bram de Looze | Harald Lassen | Sander Eriksen Nordahl | Solveig Wang | Stian Andersen | Tore Flatjord

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Lassen has been around on the Norwegian scene for a while now, but this well-constructed album of contemplative moods is...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023

Review of Yosef Gutman Levitt with Lionel Loueke: Soul Song

Yosef Gutman Levitt with Lionel Loueke: Soul Song

Lionel Loueke | Ofri Nehemya | Omri Mor | Yosef Gutman Levitt

Soul Song Records/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

Hard on the heels of Levitt’s lustrous collaboration with guitarist Tal Yalahom, Tsuf Harim, comes this rather different coalition. Where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2023

Review of Master Oogway: A Lot of Music About Everything

Master Oogway: A Lot of Music About Everything

Håvard Nordberg Funderud | Karl Erik Horndalsveen | Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll | Martin Heggli Mellem

Nice Things Records

Rating: ★★★

Master Oogway’s last – and live – album, Happy Village, shared billing with guest flautist Henriette Eilertsen, together creating a...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2023

Review of Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Fletcher Henderson: The Golden Years: Hits and Classics 1923-1937

Ben Webster | Benny Carter | Benny Morton | Bernard Addison | Billy Fowler | Bobby Stark | Buster Bailey | Cecil Scott | Charlie Dixon | Charlie Green

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

The benchmark for reissues of Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra from its earliest days until it disbanded in the late 1930s has...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023

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