Reviews
Alfredo Rodríguez: The Little Dream
Alfredo Rodríguez | Michael Olivera | Munri Hossn
Co-produced by Quincy Jones, a central figure in Alfredo Rodríguez's unfolding story since the pair met at the 2006 Montreux...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Julian Lage: Modern Lore
Julian Lage | Scott Colley | Jesse Harris | Tyler Chester | Kenny Wollesen
Kick off your shoes and revel in the twang-tastic world of Lage the Tele-master. In barely 40 minutes and 11...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.2
Vol.1 was welcomed in Jazzwise 212, though I had a couple of reservations and secretly wondered (off-screen) how well it...
Reviewed in issue November/2017
Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It
Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Cécile McLorin Salvant: Dreams And Daggers
Aron Diehl | Lawrence Leathers | Paul Sikivie | Cécile McLorin Salvant
As she showed on her auspicious 2010 release WomanChild, the singer is really not one to shirk a challenge. In...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Jackiem Joyner: Main Street Beat
Though he's not budging from those same tired old licks, the Virginian saxophonist Joyner has an earthier take on smooth...
Reviewed in issue September/2017
Sean Jones: Live from Jazz at the Bistro
The suave, free bop-rooted trumpeter's 12-year-old band's (including the pianist Orrin Evans) first ‘live’ album, and his eighth for this...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Jimmy Greene: Flowers – Beautiful Life Vol 2
Jimmy Greene's daughter Ana, then aged 6, was one of the 26 students and staff killed in the 2012 Sandy...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Dayna Stephens: Gratitude
“Hey, here's an idea: let's play that great number of yours on an old, out-of-tune tack piano!” If you were...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Christian Sands: Reach
The young US pianist who came to wide attention in Christian McBride's trio (McBride co-produces here) opens his debut as...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
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