Reviews

Review of Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: All My Yesterdays

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra: All My Yesterdays

Hank Jones | Garnett Brown | Eddie Daniels | Billy Berry | Cliff Heather | Richard Davis | Bob Brookmeyer | Jimmy Nottingham | Jerome Richardson | Sam Herman

Editor's Choice

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

It's one thing to discover and release a hitherto unknown recording by a jazz great with all the proper clearances...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Review of Getz/Gilberto: ‘76

Getz/Gilberto: ‘76

Stan Getz

Resonance

Rating: ★★★

There seems no end to the posthumous treasures emerging from San Francisco's long-deceased Keystone Korner. This booking was to celebrate...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Review of Bill Evans: Some Other Time: Lost Session from the Black Forest

Bill Evans: Some Other Time: Lost Session from the Black Forest

Bill Evans | Jack DeJohnette | Eddie Gomez

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The surprise discovery of a studio session by this unique trio means that, instead of just the famous live album...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Review of Wes Montgomery: One Night In Indy

Wes Montgomery: One Night In Indy

Eddie Higgins | Walter Perkins | Wes Montgomery | unknown

Resonance

Rating: ★★★

An extensive two-year road trip with Lionel Hampton (1948-1950) ultimately lead a young Wes Montgomery back to his home town...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Larry Young: In Paris: The Complete ORTF Recordings

Larry Young: In Paris: The Complete ORTF Recordings

Jackie Bamboo | Franco Manzecchi | Larry Young | Jacques Hess | Woody Shaw | Nathan Davis | Billy Brooks

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The discovery of previously unheard/unreleased tapes from the dim and distant past by the often-deceased movers and shakers of the...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of John Coltrane: Offering: Live at Temple University

John Coltrane: Offering: Live at Temple University

Rashied Ali | Pharoah Sanders | Angie DeWitt | Sonny Johnson | Charles Brown | John Coltrane | Alice Coltrane | Umar Ali | Arnold Joyner | Robert Kenyatta

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

Naturally, a major archeological find such as this, a complete Coltrane concert recorded in good fidelity from a time in...

Reviewed in issue September/2014

Review of Tommy Flanagan/Jaki Byard: The Magic of 2: Live At Keystone Korner

Tommy Flanagan/Jaki Byard: The Magic of 2: Live At Keystone Korner

Tommy Flanagan | Jaki Byard

Resonance

Rating: ★★★

Todd Barkan, the former owner of Keystone Korner (Jazzwise 162 and 166), recently ended his association with Jazz At Lincoln...

Reviewed in issue June/2013

Review of Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Marty Morell | Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The Resonance album is a considerable find, not only in terms of musical content but sound quality. For a live...

Reviewed in issue August/2012

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