Reviews

Review of Vincent Herring: Preaching To The Choir

Vincent Herring: Preaching To The Choir

Vincent Herring

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★★

One of the less-lionised among the Young Lions of the 1990s, Herring perhaps didn’t get the same publicity because he...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2021

Review of Charnett Moffett: New Love

Charnett Moffett: New Love

Charnett Moffett

Motéma

Rating: ★★★★

Jana Herzen and Charnett Moffett's ’Round the World – featuring some great cover versions, including Men at Work's ‘Down Under’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2021

Review of Gerald Cleaver: Griots

Gerald Cleaver: Griots

Gerald Cleaver

Positive Elevation/577 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Noted for his work with anybody from David S Ware to Craig Taborn to Tomasz Stańko, Gerald Cleaver has been...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

Review of Asmundsen & Co: Gnus

Asmundsen & Co: Gnus

Vidar Johansen

Losen Records

Rating: ★★★

Vidar Johansen has been a mainstay of the Norwegian jazz scene for more years than he probably would care to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2021

Review of The Baylor Project: Generations

The Baylor Project: Generations

Jean Baylor

Be A Light

Rating: ★★★★

This follow-up to The Baylor Project's acclaimed, twice Grammy-nominated 2017 debut album, The Journey, presents nine originals and two covers...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021

Review of Richard X Bennett: rbx3

Richard X Bennett: rbx3

Richard X Bennett

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

Check out Richard X Bennett's website and his eclectic dress sense: it immediately tells you this is an exuberant personality....

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2021

Review of Nnenna Freelon: Time Traveler

Nnenna Freelon: Time Traveler

Nnenna Freelon

Origin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Aside from a Christmas album that she released in 2013, Time Traveler is vocalist Nnenna Freelon's first studio recording in...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021

Review of Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado y Orquesta: Salswing!

Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado y Orquesta: Salswing!

Ruben Blades

Editor's Choice

Ruben Blades Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Disc one of a three-part opus from the great Ruben Blades, the Panamanian citizen (and musician, actor, activist and politician)...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021

Review of Gary Brunton: Second Trip

Gary Brunton: Second Trip

Gary Brunton

Juste Une Trace

Rating: ★★★★

Bassist and composer Gary Brunton, sometime pupil of the legendary Henri Texier, met Serbian piano virtuoso Bojan Zulfikarpašić – better...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021

Review of Amaro Freitas: Sankofa

Amaro Freitas: Sankofa

Amaro Freitas

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This latest album from pianist Amaro Freitas takes its title from the Adinkra symbol depicting a bird flying with its...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021

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