Review of Craig Taborn: Shadow Plays

Craig Taborn: Shadow Plays

Craig Taborn

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Despite the excellence of his trio work solo piano is a format in which Craig Taborn has thrived in what...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021

Review of Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Craig Taborn | Kris Davis

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★★

Piano duos have been around for a while but recent iterations – Kaja Drachsler-Eve Risser: Craig Taborn-Vijay Iyer; Kris Davis-Benoit...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Taborn

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

If solo piano can be a rewarding gig because of the wealth of harmonic possibilities that the keyboard can offer...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2011

Review of Craig Taborn: Chants

Craig Taborn: Chants

Craig Taborn | Gerald Cleaver | Thomas Morgan

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Lost as it may be in the bottomless pit of early millennial recordings, Taborn's Light Made Lighter is one of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2013

Review of Diego Barber and Craig Taborn: Tales

Diego Barber and Craig Taborn: Tales

Craig Taborn | Diego Barber

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

If ever there was evidence for the argument that there are actually more accomplished players in jazz than the genre's...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2014

Review of Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts

Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts

Chris Lightcap | Chris Speed | Craig Taborn | Dave King

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Daylight Ghosts is one of the most evocative and tantalising titles in recent memory, but, more to the point, it...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Review of Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems

Craig Taborn | Vijay Iyer

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Taborn's recent astounding solo piano gig at the Vortex confirmed what many of us have argued for some time: he...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019

Review of Joëlle Léandre, Craig Taborn, Mat Maneri: hEARoes

Joëlle Léandre, Craig Taborn, Mat Maneri: hEARoes

Craig Taborn | Joëlle Léandre | Mat Maneri

RogueArt

Rating: ★★★

The Sons D’Hiver festival in Paris has been an important platform for improvising artists all over the world for many...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2023

Review of Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love

Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love

Craig Taborn | Damion Reid | Matt Brewer | Steve Lehman

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Over the past decade Lehman has proved himself a thrilling forward thinker, recording several albums that vividly capture Internet Age...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Review of Diego Barber + Craig Taborn: Tales

Diego Barber + Craig Taborn: Tales

Craig Taborn | Diego Barber

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

The Lanzarote-born, New York-based acoustic guitarist's duo partner is at the vanguard of cutting-edge jazz but shows his adaptive nature...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

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