Jennifer Hartswick: Something in the Water

Christian McBride | Conor Elmes | Jennifer Hartswick | Nicholas Cassarino | Rob Marscher

Released via Christian McBride's Mack Avenue Music Group imprint, Brother Mister Productions, and recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium Studios...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2022

Lauren Sevian: Bliss

Alexa Tarantino | Christian McBride | E.J. Strickland | Lauren Sevian | Robert Rodriguez

Lauren Sevian's second album as a leader highlights the throughregister control, throaty warmth and impressive fluency that have marked her...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2018

Terri Lyne Carrington: Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue

Christian McBride | Gerald Clayton | Terri Lyne Carrington

When the brilliant musical mind of Terri Lyne Carrington meets the incomparable compositions of Duke Ellington, something special is bound...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2013

Christian Wallumrød: Pianokammer

Christian Wallumrød

But is it jazz? That's a question that many ‘jazz’ releases might draw nowadays from the more trad-minded listener and,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2015

Will Calhoun: Celebrating Elvin Jones

Antoine Roney | Carlos McKinney | Christian McBride | Doudou N'diaye Rose | Jan Hammer | Keyon Harrold | Will Calhoun

Elvin Jones' high energy, light touch polyrhythmic rumble came to the fore in John Coltrane's classic quartet, and went on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Mike LeDonne: Partners In Time

Christian McBride | Lewis Nash | Mike LeDonne

Despite having the least name recognition of this trio of performers, LeDonne is a veteran of the so-called modern mainstream,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2019

George Freeman: The Good Life

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | George Freeman | Joey DeFrancesco | Lewis Nash

The youngest and last survivor of the famed Chicago-based Freeman brothers, guitarist George worked with the family at first and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023

Peter Bernstein: Signs Live!

Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Gregory Hutchinson | Peter Bernstein

The guitarist Peter Bernstein jokes in the sleeve notes that the new album Signs Live! was a late album launch...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Anders and Christian Jormin: Provenance

A Swedish duo of long-time Bobo Stenson bass man Anders and his pianist/percussionist brother Christian perform patient, quiet yet tenderly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Christian Dillingham: Cascades

Christian Dillingham | Dave Miller | Greg Artry | Lenard Simpson

Bassist Christian Dillingham has a round sound, strong fingers and a score of sideman album credits ranging from modern jazz...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2023