Reviews

Review of Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment

Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment

Billy Hart | Norman Connors | Mtume | Carlos Garnett | Buster Williams | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Alex Blake | Guillherme Franco | Howard King | Mauricio Smith

Soul Brother

Rating: ★★★★

While the Miles-Jimi union is one of the great ‘what ifs?’ in contemporary black music, a Trane-James Brown collaboration might...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Review of Ray Charles: King Of Cool – The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles: King Of Cool – The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Atlantic/Rhino

Rating: ★★★

There's an argument that insists that as far back as the early 1950s, Ray Charles virtually invented soul music by...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Review of Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body

Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body

Vincent Broussard | Glen David Andrews | Q Spears | Travis Hill | Solomon Doyle III | Gregory Veals | Derrick Shezbie | Erica Falls | Dwayne Williams | Reed Watson

Basin Street Records

Rating: ★★

Funky good time music New Orleans-style is now synonymous with the Rebirth Brass Band. This CD is a sizeable dollop...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Review of Frank Rosolino: I Play Trombone

Frank Rosolino: I Play Trombone

Verse

Rating: ★★★

The second outing as leader for the troubled genius of the trombone finds him backed by the Sonny Clark Trio...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Review of Gene Ludwig/Pat Martino Trio: Young Guns

Gene Ludwig/Pat Martino Trio: Young Guns

Gene Ludwig | Pat Martino | Randy Gelispie

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

This newly excavated live club performance finds fleet-fingered PatMartino earning his keep as one-third of a typical lounge bar organ...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Review of Primitive Arkestra: Dolphy's Hat (Live)

Primitive Arkestra: Dolphy's Hat (Live)

SLAM

Rating: ★★★

Pianist David Hanley leads a large, dynamic free-jazz ensemble in a live set informed by Sun Ra and Mingus, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Review of Adam Schroeder: Let's

Adam Schroeder: Let's

Anthony Wilson | Jeff Hamilton | John Clayton | Adam Schroeder

Capri

Rating: ★★★

In days gone by, swing bands had breakout small groups. Think the Benny Goodman Quartet, for instance. Well, this foursome...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014

Review of Charlie Haden/Jim Hall:

Charlie Haden/Jim Hall:

Jim Hall | Charlie Haden

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

There'll no doubt be a plethora of posthumous Haden releases in the months to come, and this reissue of a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Review of Jan Lundgren Trio: Flowers of Sendai

Jan Lundgren Trio: Flowers of Sendai

Bee Jazz

Rating: ★★★

This Swedish pianist has worked at the top level of European jazz and here is in trio with an elegant,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Review of Flat Earth Society: Boot & Berg/X-Legged Sally/Call Sheets, Riders and Chicken Mushroom

Flat Earth Society: Boot & Berg/X-Legged Sally/Call Sheets, Riders and Chicken Mushroom

Peter Vermeersch | Stefaan Blancke | Bruno Vansina | Nicolas Lefevre | Berlinde Deman | Teun Verbruggen | Sally C.S | Pierre Vervloesem | Danny Van Hoeck | Christia Martin

BONK/IGLOO

Rating: ★★★

Billing themselves as the creators of ‘the most unreliable music since 1999’, Flat Earth Society (FES) are a multi-media arts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

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