Reviews

Review of Aaron Parks: Little Big III

Aaron Parks: Little Big III

Greg Tuohey | Aaron Parks | Jongkuk Kim | David Ginyard Jr

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

You have to go all the way back to 2008 for the last time pianist Aaron Parks released an album...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not

Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not

Eric Harland | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III | Jason Moran

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Walter Smith III’s second Blue Note release celebrates the saxophonist’s hometown and cultural hub Houston Texas with a clutch of...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood

Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood

Chris Dave | Marvin Sewell | Kweku Sombry | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Immanuel Wilkins | Rick Rosato | Yaw Agyeman | Micah Thomas | Ganavya | June McDoom

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

If Miles Davis had been a generation older and still a talent-spotting genius, he would very likely have hired Immanuel...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Chris Bruce | Jebin Bruni | Jake Sherman | Justin Hicks | Josh Johnson | Abe Rounds | Staceyann Chin | Hilton Als | Meshell Ndegeocello | Julius Rodriguez

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Marking the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth, Meshell Ndegeocello’s latest album for Blue Note, following 2023’s stellar Omnichord Real Book,...

Reviewed in issue September/2024

Review of Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again

Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again

Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Bill Charlap

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Hearing Bill Charlap in the flesh is a great experience. He seems to be doing very little but what pours...

Reviewed in issue September/2024

Review of Wayne Shorter: Celebration Vol. 1

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Vol. 1

Brian Blade | John Patitucci | Danilo Pérez | Wayne Shorter

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

It’s something of a cliché that jazz is ‘different every time’, but in the case of this quartet, it was...

Reviewed in issue September/2024

Review of Bill Frisell: Orchestras

Bill Frisell: Orchestras

Bill Frisell | Rudy Royston | Manuele Morbidini | Michael Gibbs | Alexander Hanson | Umbria Jazz Orchestra | Thomas Morgan | Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Bill Frisell has been conjuring an inspired solo soundscape for electric guitar for so long that the world has grown...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Review of A requiem for Ron: Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel

A requiem for Ron: Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel

Bill Frisell | Brian Blade | Ron Miles

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

It’s hard to process that Ron Miles is no longer with us. In our present world of disharmony, his generous...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet

Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet

Pablo Menares | Kush Abadey | Melissa Aldana | Lage Lund | Fabian Almazan

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

The Manhattan-based Chile-born tenor saxophonist-composer Melissa Aldana’s star has been in the ascendant for about a decade now. In 2013...

Reviewed in issue April/2024

Review of Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Over the years since he was discovered as a 12 year-old prodigy, gigs with Gary Burton, John Zorn and Charles...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

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