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Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message
Jeff Parker | Joel Ross | Makaya McCraven | Marquis Hill | Junius Paul | De’Sean Jones | Greg Ward
Being signed to Blue Note has several advantages. There’s the kudos. The guarantee of quality. Then there’s the access to...
Reviewed in issue December/January/2021/2022
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Art Blakey | Bobby Timmons | Wayne Shorter | Jymie Merritt | Lee Morgan
Recorded live at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo at the end of Blakey’s first ever tour of Japan, the...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
Terence Blanchard: Absence
As the US emerged from lockdown, the American trumpeter Terence Blanchard fine-tuned the music he was composing for Spike Lee’s...
Reviewed in issue October/2021
James Francies: Purest Form
Keyboardist-composer James Francies has gained quasi-wunderkind status in the past few years by way of his contributions to veterans such...
Reviewed in issue August/2021
Julian Lage: Squint
Lage was first signed by a major recording company back in 2008, and on Sounding Point and Gladwell on Universal's...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
GoGo Penguin: GGP/RMX
Manchester's post-rave piano trio have seen their pioneering achievements somewhat bypassed by the wave of UK jazz which broke only...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracatu
Joe Chambers | Steve Haines | MC Parrain | Brad Merritt | Stephanie Jordan
When Chick Corea died in February, the name of Joe Chambers might have been a peripheral thought for some fans...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Dr Lonnie Smith: Breathe
This is the third album of Lonnie Smith's highly productive return to Blue Note, and the second drawn from his...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
R+R=Now: Live
After the 2018 studio set Collagically Speaking comes a live album drawn from a month-long residency by Robert Glasper, biggest...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Joel Ross: Who Are You?
Jeremy Corren | Kanoa Mendenhall | Brandee Younger | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Immanuel Wilkins
Noted for his excellent work with the likes of Makaya McCraven, Walter Smith III and Brandee Younger, vibraphonist Joel Ross...
Reviewed in issue December/2020
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