Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing

Geri Allenn | Kurt Rosenwinkel

The passing of Geri Allen in 2017 robbed the jazz world of a hugely talented composer-improviser and source of inspiration...

Reviewed in issue February/2024

Jaimeo Brown Transcendence: Work Songs

Marcia Miget | Falu | Jaleel Shaw | Marisha Rodriguez | Brandon McCune | Big Yuki | Cadence Brown | Jaimeo Brown | James Francies | Gee’s Bend Quilters

The fact that Brown has taken the title of his previous album Transcendence as the name of this group, or...

Reviewed in issue April/2016

Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express Vol. 2: The River Rolls On

Karl Wright | Earl Appleton | Andy Bassford | Monty Alexander | Caterina Zapponi | Hassan Shakur | Wendel Ferraro | Obed Calvaire | Courtney Panton | Yotam Silberstein

“I'm a Jamaican. I'm an American. I'm a proud Jamerican. Identity crisis? No – identities embraced!” So declares Monty Alexander...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

David Weiss: Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter

Steve Davis | David Weiss | Dwayne Burno | Joe Fiedler | Geri Allen | Jeremy Pelt | EJ Strickland | Diego Urcola | Ravi Coltrane | Tim Green

What a year this has been for Wayne Shorter. His 80th birthday. His successful ventures into classical composition for a...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Kentyah Presents M1, Brian Jackson: Evolutionary Minded: Furthering The Legacy Of Gil Scott-Heron

Dead Prez | Chuck D | Daniel Alzamorra Dickin | Jerry Stucker | M1 Stickman | Kentyah | Krishna Booker | Blackbyrd McKnight | Airto | One Drop Scott

Although the passing of Gil Scott-Heron in 2011 continues to cast a long shadow over contemporary black music, it should...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Tessa Souter: Beyond The Blue

David Finck | Steve Kuhn | Joe Locke | Tessa Souter | Joel Frahm | Gary Versace

On her fourth CD, Beyond the Blue, her second for New York-based Motéma Music, vocalist Tessa Souter dips into...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

TK Blue: Latinbird

Bird rules on this veteran, ex-Dollar Brand and longtime Randy Weston sideman saxophonist/flautist’s ninth CD as leader but with Caribbean...

Reviewed in issue November/2011

Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express

Robert Thomas | Yotem Silberstein | Obed Calvaire | Robert Browne | Glen Browne | Bernard Montgomery | Hassan Shakur | Andy Bassford | Alexander | Hoova Simpson

Subtitled “Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola NYC” but also taped in Jamaica and several European venues, this is Monty’s reggae-meets-jazz...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Randy Weston & His African Rhythms Sextet: The Storyteller: Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Benny Powell | Alex Blake | Randy Weston | Neil Clarke | Lewis Nash | T.K Blue

This is effectively a summary of the great pianist's contribution to jazz. For the best part of six decades, Weston...

Reviewed in issue June/2011