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Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions
Antonio Sanchez | Giulio Carmassi | Ben Williams | Chris Potter | Pat Metheny
If you already own the splendid DVD The Unity Sessions you may not rush to acquire what is essentially the...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Cuong Vu Trio: Meets Pat Metheny
Cuong Vu | Stomu Takeishi | Ted Poor | Pat Metheny
Cuong Vu and Metheny have danced around each other for years, but this is the first time Metheny has played...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads
Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Brad Mehldau
Following the epic, turbo-charged one man showcase on the retrospective 10 Years Solo Live and the exhilarating contemporary prog electronica...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live
Every so often a set of discs comes along that defines an artist or their place in jazz. Unusually, Brad...
Reviewed in issue November/2015
The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
Ethan Iverson | Dave King | Joshua Redman | Reid Anderson
If we were to look at the career trajectories of both Redman and Bad Plus, we would see in the...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
James Farm: City Folk
Joshua Redman | Aaron Parks | Matt Penman | Eric Harland
Formed originally out of the SFJAZZ Collective following a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, James Farm boasts a pedigree...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Album Interview: Joshua Redman: Trios Live
Joshua Redman | Matt Penman | Gregory Hutchinson | Reuben Rogers
Following last year's orchestral ensemble-backed recording Walking Shadows, featuring a set entirely made up of ballads, Redman has pared things...
Reviewed in issue July/2014
Pat Metheny Unity Group: Kin
Antonio Sanchez | Giulio Carmassi | Ben Williams | Chris Potter | Pat Metheny
This album builds on Metheny's Grammy-winning album Unity Band both conceptually and compositionally. This artistic growth of the group, who,...
Reviewed in issue February/2014
Mehliana: Taming the Dragon
Punctuated by a surging synth-led funk-rock theme far more suited to the mosh pit than the concert hall, the narrator...
Reviewed in issue February/2014
Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows
The presence of the 12-piece chamber orchestra makes the term ‘jazz strings’ appropriate, but the real story, at least from...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
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