Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Steve Davis | Quincy Phillips | Christian McBride | Michael Dease | James Burton | Brandon Lee | Dan Pratt | Joe McDonough | Nabate Isles | Ron Blake

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Dreams And Daggers

Aron Diehl | Lawrence Leathers | Paul Sikivie | Cécile McLorin Salvant

As she showed on her auspicious 2010 release WomanChild, the singer is really not one to shirk a challenge. In...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Jackiem Joyner: Main Street Beat

Though he's not budging from those same tired old licks, the Virginian saxophonist Joyner has an earthier take on smooth...

Reviewed in issue September/2017

Sean Jones: Live from Jazz at the Bistro

The suave, free bop-rooted trumpeter's 12-year-old band's (including the pianist Orrin Evans) first ‘live’ album, and his eighth for this...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Jimmy Greene: Flowers – Beautiful Life Vol 2

Ben Williams | Jimmy Greene | Sheena Rattai | Mike Moreno | Jean Baylor | Kevin Hays | John Patitucci | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Renee Rosnes

Jimmy Greene's daughter Ana, then aged 6, was one of the 26 students and staff killed in the 2012 Sandy...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Dayna Stephens: Gratitude

“Hey, here's an idea: let's play that great number of yours on an old, out-of-tune tack piano!” If you were...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Christian Sands: Reach

Christian McBride | Cristian Rivera | Yasushi Nakamura | Marcus Baylor | Gilad Hekselman | Christian Sands | Marcus Strickland

The young US pianist who came to wide attention in Christian McBride's trio (McBride co-produces here) opens his debut as...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Billy Childs: Rebirth

Ido Meshulam | Rogerio Boccato | Alicia Olatuja | Billy Childs | Hans Glawischnig | Claudia Acuña | Steve Wilson | Eric Harland

Childs, who turned 60 in March, got off to an early start with J.J. Johnson and then Freddie Hubbard, and...

Reviewed in issue May/2017

Raul Midón: Bad Ass and Blind

Gerald Clayton | Lionel Cordew | Richard Hammond | Raul Midón

As anyone who's had the pleasure of seeing him perform live will testify, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Raul Midón is...

Reviewed in issue May/2017

Kevin Eubanks: East West Time Line

Kevin Eubanks | Orrin Evans | Dave Holland | Nicholas Payton | Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith | Mino Cinelu | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Bill Pierce | Rene Camacho

This is very much a game of two halves, or an album of two sides, with the proviso that the...

Reviewed in issue May/2017