Reviews
Aaron Parks: Little Big III
Greg Tuohey | Aaron Parks | Jongkuk Kim | David Ginyard Jr
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
Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not
Eric Harland | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III | Jason Moran
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
Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood
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
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
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
Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again
Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Bill Charlap
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
Wayne Shorter: Celebration Vol. 1
Brian Blade | John Patitucci | Danilo Pérez | Wayne Shorter
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
Bill Frisell: Orchestras
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
A requiem for Ron: Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel
Bill Frisell | Brian Blade | Ron Miles
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
Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet
Pablo Menares | Kush Abadey | Melissa Aldana | Lage Lund | Fabian Almazan
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
Julian Lage: Speak To Me
Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren
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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