Reviews
Emmet Cohen: Uptown in Orbit
Emmet Cohen | Sean Jones | Russell Hall | Kyle Poole | Patrick Bartley
If you don’t know the original Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith ‘Fingerbuster’, cut for Commodore in 1939, you might think that...
Reviewed in issue February/2023
Connie Han: Secrets Of Inanna
Connie Han | John Patitucci | Rich Perry | Bill Wysaske | Katisse Buckingham
Born in the US to Chinese parents, Han is 26 and already has three previous albums to her name. The...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Yellowjackets: Parallel Motion
Jean Baylor | Will Kennedy | Dane Alderson | Russel Ferrante | uncredited | Bob Mintzer
Enjoyable as the last two ‘Jackets albums have been - the vocals-rich Raising Our Voice, and the orchestral partnership with...
Reviewed in issue September/2022
Joey Alexander : Origin
Kendrick Scott | Gilad Hekselman | Chris Potter | Larry Grenadier | Joey Alexander
Even when he was still in his early teens, Joey Alexander’s touch was delicate and mature, and he played with...
Reviewed in issue July/2022
Christian McBride: The Q Sessions
Eric Harland | Christian McBride | Mike Stern | Marcus Strickland
Described as an EP (though it’s hardly shorter than some old-fashioned LPs), this set was originally set up as an...
Reviewed in issue June/2022
Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Live at the Village Vanguard
Peter Martin | Christian McBride | Carl Allen | Warren Wolf | Steve Wilson
McBride sets a good example for contemporary definitions of ‘inside playing’ and ‘straight-ahead feel’. His quintet also contains a cross-section...
Reviewed in issue December/January/2021/2022
Joey DeFrancesco: More Music
Lucas Brown | Joey DeFrancesco | Michael Ode
Joey DeFrancesco first emerged on to the scene as a ‘Hammond organ prodigy’ – he was invited to join Miles...
Reviewed in issue December/January/2021/2022
Erroll Garner: Symphony Hall Concert
Erroll Garner | Kelly Martin | Eddie Calhoun
As well as the comprehensive reissue programme of Garner’s albums for his dedicated imprint Octave Records (see Jazzwise 247, 252...
Reviewed in issue November/2021
Kenny Garrett: Sounds from Ancestors
This is the fifth album by Garrett on Mack Avenue and it's impressive in its lines of input, ranging from...
Reviewed in issue September/2021
Steve Cole: Smoke And Mirrors
Smooth Jazz, although now confined to the niche, is painfully, yet somehow reassuringly, still with us; one of those still...
Reviewed in issue July/2021

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