Reviews

Review of Ran Blake/Christine Correa: When Soft Rains Fall

Ran Blake/Christine Correa: When Soft Rains Fall

Ran Blake

Red Piano Records

Rating: ★★★

The latest in a lengthy series of recordings for this label featuring the duo of Blake and Correa, with her...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2020

Review of John Beasley MONK’estra: MONK’estra Plays John Beasley

John Beasley MONK’estra: MONK’estra Plays John Beasley

John Beasley

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

John Beasley has an impressive CV – work with Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Steely Dan and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2020

Review of Roy Ayers: Jazz Is Dead 02

Roy Ayers: Jazz Is Dead 02

Roy Ayers

Jazz Is Dead

Rating: ★★★

Über-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad put A Tribe Called Quest in the hip-hop hall of fame by way of extensive beat-mining...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2020

Review of Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society Live

Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society Live

Edel

Rating: ★★★

Mostly recorded Live at JazzFest Berlin in 2019, the German drummer Lillinger's international 10-piece (including British cellist Lucy Railton and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Review of BukkyLeo: Evolution

BukkyLeo: Evolution

Joe Dyson | Robert Glasper | Jonathan Kreisberg | Keyon Harrold | Jonathan Blake | John Ellis | Joe Lovano | Dr Lonnie Smith

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Still going strong today, British-Nigerian saxophonist Bukky Leo was our own Pharoah Sanders in the late 1980s. His breakout album...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016

Review of Michael Landau: Liquid Quartet Live

Michael Landau: Liquid Quartet Live

Michael Landau

Mascot Records

Rating: ★★★

Such is Landau's reputation as an A-list side and I session man, it's easy to overlook that he's an old...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2020

Review of Adam Nussbaum: Lead Belly Reimagined

Adam Nussbaum: Lead Belly Reimagined

Adam Nussbaum

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★

Drummer Adam Nussbaum claims an affinity to the legendary Lead Belly dating back to age five. And indeed there's something...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2020

Review of Pasquale Grasso: Solo Bud Powell

Pasquale Grasso: Solo Bud Powell

Pasquale Grasso

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★★★

It should come as no surprise that the Italian-born, New York-based guitarist Pasquale Grasso should devote an entire solo album...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2020

Review of Cat Toren's Human Kind: Scintillating Beauty

Cat Toren's Human Kind: Scintillating Beauty

Panoramic/New Focus

Rating: ★★

You don't have to be high to appreciate this Brooklyn-based keyboardist-composer's band's salute to the socially-conscious eastmeets-west jazz of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Review of Jo Stafford: Four Classic Albums

Jo Stafford: Four Classic Albums

Avid

Rating: ★★★★

Jo Stafford had been a singer with the close harmony Pied Pipers, when she was plucked from their ranks for...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

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