Reviews

Review of Yellowjackets: Raising Our Voice

Yellowjackets: Raising Our Voice

Will Kennedy | Luciana Souza | Russell Ferrante | Dane Alderson | Bob Mintzer

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

I’ve said it before, and I’ll labour it again, but things may come and things may go, but like the...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Christian McBride's New Jawn

Christian McBride's New Jawn

Christian McBride | Nasheet Waits | Josh Evans | Marcus Strickland

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Bassist McBride is a kind of latter-day Pied Piper, a jazz activist as well as a virtuoso player, constantly teaching,...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Erroll Garner: Nightconcert

Erroll Garner: Nightconcert

Kelly Martin | Erroll Garner | Eddie Calhoun

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Originally recorded by Philips in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, only eight of the 16 tracks presented here have ever been...

Reviewed in issue September/2018

Review of The Stanley Clarke Band: The Message

The Stanley Clarke Band: The Message

Salar Nadar | Doug Webb | Ron Stout | Mike Mitchell | Chuck Findley | Steve Blum | Pat Leonard | Mark Isham | Chris Clarke | Michael Thompson

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★

Clarke is and will forever be a hero, but you've gotta wonder about the message of The Message. It reads...

Reviewed in issue September/2018

Review of Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All

Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All

Jeffrey Osborne | Kevin Chokan | Ming Freeman | Bill Sharpe | Khari Parker

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

The veteran musician and singersongwriter Jeffrey Osborne has been a little quieter in the studio since the turn of the...

Reviewed in issue September/2018

Review of Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Harold López-Nussa | Ruy Adrian López-Nussa | Gaston Joya

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

With all the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the North and its Latin American neighbours, some musicians are offering their...

Reviewed in issue September/2018

Review of Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut

Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut

Tia Fuller | Adam Rogers | Dave Holland | Terri Lyne Carrington | Sam Yahel | Jack DeJohnette | James Genus | Bill Stewart

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

The inclusion of giants among men in the personnel for this fourth album by alto-saxophonist Fuller is newsworthy. But the...

Reviewed in issue August/2018

Review of Alfredo Rodríguez: The Little Dream

Alfredo Rodríguez: The Little Dream

Alfredo Rodríguez | Michael Olivera | Munri Hossn

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Co-produced by Quincy Jones, a central figure in Alfredo Rodríguez's unfolding story since the pair met at the 2006 Montreux...

Reviewed in issue May/2018

Review of Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Julian Lage | Scott Colley | Jesse Harris | Tyler Chester | Kenny Wollesen

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Kick off your shoes and revel in the twang-tastic world of Lage the Tele-master. In barely 40 minutes and 11...

Reviewed in issue April/2018

Review of John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.2

John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.2

John Beasley | Ben Shepherd | Brian Swartz | Tom Luer | Ryan Dragon | Francesco Torres | Pedrito Martinez | Dontae Winslow | Bob Sheppard | Conrad Herwig

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Vol.1 was welcomed in Jazzwise 212, though I had a couple of reservations and secretly wondered (off-screen) how well it...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

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