Reviews

Review of Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging

Eric Revis | Justin Faulkner | Branford Marsalis | Joey Calderazzo

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Belonging is Marsalis’ first recording since 2019 and is described as “A full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Review of Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet

Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock | Chris Lightcap | Nels Cline

Blue Note

Cline is the most chameleon-like of guitarists: he can rock it with Wilco or The Flaming Lips; or as be...

Reviewed in issue April/2025

Review of Artemis: Arboresque

Artemis: Arboresque

Noriko Ueda | Allison Miller | Ingrid Jensen | Nicole Glover | Renee Rosnes

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

When DownBeat readers voted Artemis ‘Jazz Group of The Year’ twice running (in 2023 and 2024), their enthusiasms probably weren’t...

Reviewed in issue March/2025

Review of Out Of/Into: Motion 1

Out Of/Into: Motion 1

Kendrick Scott | Matt Brewer | Immanuel Wilkins | Gerald Clayton | Joel Ross

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

A modern-day equivalent of previous Blue Note all-stars projects, notably 2017’s Our Point Of View (Glasper, Akinmusire, Loueke, Scott, Hodge,...

Reviewed in issue February/2025

Review of McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’

McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’

Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...

Reviewed in issue December/2024

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

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