Album Reviews

Terence Blanchard - Choices ****

Concord | Terence Blanchard (t), Walter Smith III (ts) Lionel Loueke (g) Fabian Almazan (p), Derrick Hodge (b), Kendrick Scott (d), Bilal(v) and Dr Cornel West (spoken word).

Portico Quartet - Isla ****

RealWorld| Jack Wyllie (s, elec, kys, glock), Duncan Bellamy (d, perc),Milo Fitzpatrick (b) and Nick Mulvey (hang) Portico Quartet, the jaunty, chilled, Mercury nominated busking post-jazzers of 2008, isn’t a band that you’d imagine has a dark side.

Count Basie - The Atomic Mr Basie ***

Jazz Track 955| Count Basie (p), Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley (t), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (clt, as), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar s), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d) and Joe Williams (v).

Mike Stern - Big Neighbourhood ***

Heads Up HUCD 3157 | Mike Stern (g), Bob Franceschini, Bob Malach (s), Randy Brecker (t), Jim Beard (p, kys), John Medeski (kys), Steve Vai (g, sitar g), Eric Johnson (g), Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona (b, v), Chris Wood, Lincoln Goines, Chris Minh Doky (b), Dave Weckl, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cindy Blackman, Lionel Cordew and Billy Martin (d).

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