Reviews
Brandon Woody: For The Love Of All
Quincy Phillips | Imani-Grace | Vittorio Stropoli | Michael Saunders | Troy Long | Brandon Woody
Baltimore-born trumpeter Brandon Woody could be called a significant post-Ambrose player. If Akinmusire has created distinct new ambiences in contemporary...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Belonging
Eric Revis | Justin Faulkner | Branford Marsalis | Joey Calderazzo
Belonging is Marsalis’ first recording since 2019 and is described as “A full album interpretation of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet
Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock | Chris Lightcap | Nels Cline
Cline is the most chameleon-like of guitarists: he can rock it with Wilco or The Flaming Lips; or as be...
Reviewed in issue April/2025
Artemis: Arboresque
Noriko Ueda | Allison Miller | Ingrid Jensen | Nicole Glover | Renee Rosnes
When DownBeat readers voted Artemis ‘Jazz Group of The Year’ twice running (in 2023 and 2024), their enthusiasms probably weren’t...
Reviewed in issue March/2025
Out Of/Into: Motion 1
Kendrick Scott | Matt Brewer | Immanuel Wilkins | Gerald Clayton | Joel Ross
A modern-day equivalent of previous Blue Note all-stars projects, notably 2017’s Our Point Of View (Glasper, Akinmusire, Loueke, Scott, Hodge,...
Reviewed in issue February/2025
McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’
Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner
The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...
Reviewed in issue December/2024
Aaron Parks: Little Big III
Greg Tuohey | Aaron Parks | Jongkuk Kim | David Ginyard Jr
You have to go all the way back to 2008 for the last time pianist Aaron Parks released an album...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not
Eric Harland | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III | Jason Moran
Walter Smith III’s second Blue Note release celebrates the saxophonist’s hometown and cultural hub Houston Texas with a clutch of...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood
If Miles Davis had been a generation older and still a talent-spotting genius, he would very likely have hired Immanuel...
Reviewed in issue November/2024
Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Marking the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth, Meshell Ndegeocello’s latest album for Blue Note, following 2023’s stellar Omnichord Real Book,...
Reviewed in issue September/2024
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