Ravi Coltrane – Spirit Fiction ★★★★
- Friday, July 6, 2012
Blue Note | Ravi Coltrane (ts), Ralph Alessi (t), Luis Perdomo, Geri Allen (p), Drew Gress, James Genus (b), EJ Strickland, and Eric Harland (d).
Album Reviews
Myra Melford’s Be Bread – The Whole Tree Gone ★★★
- Friday, July 6, 2012
Firehouse 12 FH12-04-01-012 | Myra Melford (p), Cuong Vu (t), Ben Goldberg (clt, contra-alto clt), Brandon Ross (g, soprano g), Stomu Takeishi (acoustic b-g), and Matt Wilson (d).
Wes Montgomery – So Much Guitar! / Montgomery Brothers in Canada ★★★★
- Friday, July 6, 2012
Essential Jazz Classics EJC-55549 | Wes Montgomery (g), Hank Jones (p), Ron Carter (b), Lex Humphries (d), Ray Barretto (congas), and with brothers Monk (b), Buddy (p) and Paul Humphrey (d).
Mary Halvorson Quintet – Bending Bridges ★★★★
- Thursday, May 24, 2012
FH12-04-01-016 Mary Halvorson (g), Jonathan Finlayson (t), Jon Irabagon (as), John Hebert (b), and Ches Smith (d).
Alex Hutton Trio – Legentis ★★★★
- Thursday, May 24, 2012
F-IRECD53| Alex Hutton(p),YuriGoloubev (b), Asaf Sirkis (d), Heidi Vogel (v), Jim Rattigan (Fr hn), and Keith Thompson (cor ang).
Steve Lehman Trio – Dialect Fluorescent ★★★★
- Thursday, May 24, 2012
P142 Steve Lehman (as), Matt Brewer (b), and Damion Reid (d).
Dr John – Locked Down ★★★
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
Nonesuch 530395-2 Dr John aka ‘Mac’ Rebennack (v, kys), Dan Auerbach (g, v, perc), Leon Michels (kys, perc, s, v), Brian Olive (g, perc, v, s), Nick Movshon (b, perc, v), Max Weissenfeldt (d, perc, v), and The McCrary Sisters (v).
Yazz Ahmed – Finding My Way Home ★★★★
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
Suntara Records SUN7422001 Yazz Ahmed (t, flhn), Janek Gwizdala (b), Shabaka Hutchings (bcl, clt), Alam Nathoo (ts), Chris Fish (clo), John Bailey (p), Simon Hale (Rhodes), Jay Darwish (b), Laurence Cottle (el b), George Hart (d), and Corrina Silvester (d, darbuka, rig and sagat).
Jazzwise May 2012 Issue CD Reviews List
- Thursday, April 19, 2012
his is a list of all albums reviewed in May 2012 issue.
Jazzwise April 2012 Issue CD Reviews List
- Tuesday, March 27, 2012
CDs reviewed in April 2012 issueNew Releases Eric Alexander & Vincent HerringFriendly FireHighNote HCD 7232 | ****1982PinturaHubro CD2510 | ***Anderskov Accident Full Circle ILK178 | ****Matt BakerUndergroundMBCD 004 | ***Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Robin GuthrieWinter GardenRareNoise Records | ***Piero Bittolo Bon And His Original Pigneto StompersMusica AcusticaLong Song LSRCD 12o/2011 | **BlixtBlixtCuneiform Rune 335 | **Tore Brunborg/Kirsti HukeScent of SoilHubro CD 2513 |...