Review of Philip Dizack: Single Soul

Philip Dizack: Single Soul

Ben Wendel | Eden Ladin | Eric Harland | Joe Sanders | Philip Dizack

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Criss Cross boss Gerry Teekens has always been one of the producers who give emerging talents their first big break....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2014

Review of Kendrick Scott Oracle: A Wall Becomes A Bridge

Kendrick Scott Oracle: A Wall Becomes A Bridge

Joe Sanders | John Ellis | Kendrick Scott | Mike Moreno | Taylor Eigisti

Blue Note (CD)

Rating: ★★★

Scott's 2015 debut We Are The Drum served notice of his ability as a composer-bandleader even though he had already...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Review of Aaron Parks: Find the Way

Aaron Parks: Find the Way

Aaron Parks | Ben Street | Billy Hart

ECM

Rating: ★★★

The 33-year-old pianist Aaron Parks first attracted the attention of the jazz cognoscenti playing in one of trumpeter Terence Blanchard's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Review of Mark Turner: Yam Yam

Mark Turner: Yam Yam

Brad Mehldau | Jorge Rossy | Kurt Rosenwinkl | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner | Seamus Blake | Terence Dean

Editor's Choice

CrissCross/Elemental Music

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in 1994, the Young Lions resurgence was well under way by the time Turner made this, his debut as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Review of Aaron Parks: Arborescence

Aaron Parks: Arborescence

Aaron Parks

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Aaron Parks is a young pianistcomposer who has very gradually grown in stature since his teenage years in Terence Blanchard's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Dexter Gordon: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

Dexter Gordon: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

Dexter Gordon | Louis Hayes | Ronnie Matthews | Stafford James | Woody Shaw

Columbia

Dexter Gordon moved to Copenhagen in 1962. He sent back a couple of musical postcards from Paris, one in 1963,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021

Review of Dr John: Ske Dat De Dat – The Spirit of Satch

Dr John: Ske Dat De Dat – The Spirit of Satch

Anthony Hamilton | Arturo Sandoval | Bonnie Raitt | Dr John | Ledisi | Nicholas Payton | Shemekia Copeland | Telmary | Terence Blanchard | The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Last Music Company

Rating: ★★★

Maybe they should have released Locked Down (the late good Doctor's 2012 collaboration with Black Keys hero Dan Auerbach) instead...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2020

Review of Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Carlo De Rosa’s Cross-Fade: Brain Dance

Carlo De Rosa | Justin Brown | Mark Shim | Vijay Iyer

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★★★

DeRosa is quite a revelation. Best known as a sideman on records with the likes of Ralph Alessi and Rudresh...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Review of Samadhi Quintet: The Dance of Venus

Samadhi Quintet: The Dance of Venus

Dominic J Marshall | Krzysztof Urbanski | Sam Bell | Sam Gardner | Sam Vicary

F-IRE Presents F-IRE

Rating: ★★★★

Released by the recording arm of the F-IRE Collective, Samadhi Quintet is led by a young ex-Leeds College of Music...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Review of Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks

Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks

Carltos Del Puerto | Dianne Reeves | Ivan Lins | Jane Monheit | Josh Nelson | Leo Amuedo | Mauriico Zottarelli | Randy Brecker | Tibilisi Symphony Orchestra | Twanda

Editor's Choice

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The album title, My Heart Speaks, is taken from the Lins composition, ‘The Heart Speaks,’ and was recorded on an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

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