Reviews
Chucho Valdés: Jazz Bata 2
Yaroldy Abreu Robles | Chucho Valdés | Yelsey Heredia | Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé | Regina Carter
Havana-born pianist Chucho Valdés – the granddaddy of Afro-Cuban jazz – has been on fire of late, touring with a...
Reviewed in issue Feb/2019
Christian Sands: Facing Dragons
At 29 years of age, Christian Sands is reckoned by some to be the leading jazz pianist of his generation....
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Album Interview: Cécile McLorin Salvant: The Window
Sullivan Fortner | Cécile McLorin Salvant | Melissa Aldana
A mix of studio and live tracks, the latter recorded at the Village Vanguard, the 17 songs of The Window,...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Yellowjackets: Raising Our Voice
Will Kennedy | Luciana Souza | Russell Ferrante | Dane Alderson | Bob Mintzer
I’ve said it before, and I’ll labour it again, but things may come and things may go, but like the...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Christian McBride's New Jawn
Christian McBride | Nasheet Waits | Josh Evans | Marcus Strickland
Bassist McBride is a kind of latter-day Pied Piper, a jazz activist as well as a virtuoso player, constantly teaching,...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Erroll Garner: Nightconcert
Kelly Martin | Erroll Garner | Eddie Calhoun
Originally recorded by Philips in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, only eight of the 16 tracks presented here have ever been...
Reviewed in issue September/2018
The Stanley Clarke Band: The Message
Clarke is and will forever be a hero, but you've gotta wonder about the message of The Message. It reads...
Reviewed in issue September/2018
Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All
Jeffrey Osborne | Kevin Chokan | Ming Freeman | Bill Sharpe | Khari Parker
The veteran musician and singersongwriter Jeffrey Osborne has been a little quieter in the studio since the turn of the...
Reviewed in issue September/2018
Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera
Harold López-Nussa | Ruy Adrian López-Nussa | Gaston Joya
With all the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the North and its Latin American neighbours, some musicians are offering their...
Reviewed in issue September/2018
Tia Fuller: Diamond Cut
The inclusion of giants among men in the personnel for this fourth album by alto-saxophonist Fuller is newsworthy. But the...
Reviewed in issue August/2018
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