Roscoe Mitchell With Craig Taborn And Kikanju Baku: Conversations II
Craig Taborn | Kikanju Baku | Roscoe Mitchell
“Great black music: ancient to future” is the seminal manifesto of Art Ensemble Of Chicago, but this thrilling trio led...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016
Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now
Craig Taborn | Dave King | Reid Anderson
The title refers to a city on the outskirts of Minneapolis, where all three of the musicians grew up and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Album Interview: Dave Holland featuring Evan Parker, Craig Taborn and Ches Smith: Uncharted Territories
Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Dave Holland | Evan Parker
Released on Holland's own label, Dare2 Records, Unchartered Territories, is the first album under his name to focus almost exclusively...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2018
Chris Potter: Got the Keys to the Kingdom - Live at the Village Vanguard
Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | Marcus Gilmore | Scott Colley
There's no such thing as a cursory glance at Chris Potter's discography. Since the early 1990s, the multi-reeds virtuoso has...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2023
Ches Smith: Interpret It Well
Bill Frisell | Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | Mat Maneri
The classy chamber-trio lineup that made ECM's 2016 release, The Bell – Ches Smith, Mat Maneri and Craig Taborn –...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022
Junk Magic: Compass Confusion
Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | David King | Erik Fratzke | Mat Maneri
Sixteen years after his debut release as Junk Magic, pianist Craig Taborn returns with this remarkable follow-up, which continues his...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2021
David Binney: Lifted Land
Craig Taborn | David Binney | Eivind Opsvik | Tyshawn Sorey
He might slip under the radar these days more than he should, but the Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013
Chris Potter: The Sirens
Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Virelles | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier
Chris Potter is one of the very few contemporary heavyweights in the big US tenor tradition. As a sax sideman...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013
David Binney: A Glimpse of the Eternal
Craig Taborn | Dan Weiss | David Binney | Eivind Opsvik
Reflecting upon his new acoustic quartet release, his 10th for the Dutch label Criss Cross, the saxophonist-composer David Binney notes,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2022
Craig Handy: & 2nd Line Smith
Take the Jimmy Smith songbook, add a touch of contemporary jazz improvisation, and back it up with the beat of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
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