Reviews
Paco de Lucia and Pepito de Lucia: Pepe y Paquito
Paco De Lucia | Paco de Lucia | Pepito de Lucia
This some find. Originally recorded on a vintage Grundig TK36 tape recorder in the years 1959 and 1960, unearthed from...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2024
Jack Walrath: Live At Smalls
Boris Koslov | Jack Walrath | Abraham Burton | George Burton | Donald Edwards
Jack Walrath has been living and playing jazz in NYC since 1970, working with a host of luminaries, not least...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2024
Owen Broder: Hodges Front and Center Vol. Two
Barry Stephenson III | Carmen Staaf | Bryan Carter | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar
We took note of Broder’s Volume 1 in Jazzwise 278 and liked it. As the blurb puts it, "the album...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Black power!: Black Art Jazz Collective: Truth to Power
The Black Art Jazz Collective mark their 10th anniversary with a stirring collection of originals recorded by two different line-ups...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2024
Manuel Valera Trio: Live at L’Osons Jazz Club
Mark Whitfield Jr | Yasushi Nakamura | Manuel Valera
Originally broadcast by French radio in 2018, this album by what was then Manuel Valera’s new trio was scheduled to...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
Albert Nicholas/Edmond Hall/George Lewis: Great Jazz Great Clarinets 1953-1957
Here’s another of Upbeat’s ready-made compilations from their takeover of the Jazz Crusade label, where it first appeared as Rare...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Live in Montreal 1975
Walter Booker | Cannonball Adderley | Michael Wolff | Nat Adderley | Roy McCurdy
There’s been a real flurry of late-period Adderley Quintet ‘live’ discoveries recently; this Montreal club recording follows hard on our...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Alexander Hawkins/Sofia Jernberg: Musho
Sofia Jernberg | Alexander Hawkins
Sofia Jernberg and Alexander Hawkins first performed together at Amsterdam’s Bimhuis in 2016, under the name Musho – an Amharic...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2024
Ron Carter: Where?
Mal Waldron | Charlie Persip | George Duvivier | Ron Carter | Eric Dolphy
Carter has played on at least 2,200 albums. But he’s also made a few as leader – including Where?, his...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2024
Alicia & Michael Olatuja: Olatuja
Although vocalist Alicia and bassist Michael Olatuja are accomplished artists in their own right, their collaborations bring out the best...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
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