Reviews
Samara Joy: Portrait
Recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio, this follow-up to Samara Joy’s Grammy-winning 2022 album Linger Awhile sees the vocalist,...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping
If last year’s New Land box set With Strings Attached (see Jazzwise 287), helped reawaken interest in Dorothy Ashby, this...
Reviewed in issue October/2024
Louis Armstrong All Stars: Louis In London
Joe Muranyi | Marty Napoleon | Tyree Glenn | Buddy Catlett | Louis Armstrong | Danny Barcelona
Every All Stars concert for many years began with ‘Sleepy Time Down South’ and this one is no exception (the...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Julius Rodriguez: Evergreen
Drummer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and (since he’s still only 25) wunderkind Julius Rodriguez has spent several years as a...
Reviewed in issue July/2024
Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday
Surely one of the most gifted – and, as time may yet reveal – important jazz vocalists of our century,...
Reviewed in issue December/January/2023/2024
Nina Simone: You’ve Got To Learn
Lisle Atkinson | Bobby Hamilton | Rudy Stevenson | Nina Simone
At just 32 minutes in length, this album is short, but very much on the sweet side; in fact, it's...
Reviewed in issue September/2023
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook
Most live Ella, at least after her big-band days, found her in front of a trio or quartet, with the...
Reviewed in issue August/2022
Julius Rodriguez: Let Sound Tell All
Julius Rodriguez | Giveton Gelin
Improvising musicians who see themselves as much as producers as players have been with us for some time, and Julius...
Reviewed in issue August/2022
Bass Desires: The Sound of Summer Running
Marc Johnson | Bill Frisell | Joey Baron | Pat Metheny
Marc Johnson had already made two Bass Desires albums on the ECM label when he was signed by Verve. On...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes
Paul Smith | Stan Levey | Ella Fitzgerald | Wilfred Middlebrooks
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes finds the First Lady of Song at the height of her inimitable powers. The majestic...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
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