Reviews
Ebo Taylor: Ebo Taylor JID022
In a video on the Jazz Is Dead YouTube channel, one can find footage of Ghanaian high life pioneer Ebo...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: November/2024
Caroline Davis: Portals Volume 2: Returning
Alto saxophonist-composer Caroline Davis presents the second volume of an interesting, often deeply moving reflection on grief. Invoking and celebrating...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024
Bobby Hutcherson: Classic Blue Note Sessions 1963-1970
As well as its absorbing musical details, we have here a fascinating insight into Blue Note’s reaction to the winds...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2024
Elvin Jones and Richard Davis: Heavy Sounds
Billy Green | Frank Foster | Richard Davis | Elvin Jones
Originally conceived by Elvin Jones and bass virtuoso Richard Davis as a trio recording with guitarist Larry Coryell (who was...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: November/2024
Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal: Catching Fire
Terje Rypdal | Torstein Lofthus | Ståle Storløkken | Nikolai Hængsle
Health and safety alert: when first activating this firebrand release you may wish to stand several yards back from your...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
Geoffrey Keezer: Live at Birdland
Clarence Penn | John Patitucci | Geoffrey Keezer
Geoff Keezer followed pianist Benny Green into Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1989 at the age of 19. He joined...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024
Michael Mayo: Fly
Valerie Pinkston | Linda May Han Oh | Nate Smith | Shai Maestro | Scott Mayo | Michael Mayo
Mayo’s debut album, Bones, was a work of startling originality with a sound world which referenced everything from The Beach...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing
Tord Gustavsen | Jarle Vespestad | Steinar Raknes
Like many ECM artists, Tord Gustavsen is known for working on the borders of jazz, folk and classical, along with...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024
Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not
Eric Harland | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III | Jason Moran
Walter Smith III’s second Blue Note release celebrates the saxophonist’s hometown and cultural hub Houston Texas with a clutch of...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2024
Patrice Rushen: Prelusion
The prodigiously talented Patrice Rushen is best remembered today for her R&B exploits, particularly the 1982 global mega-hit ‘Forget-Me-Nots’, but...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2024
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