Reviews
Oscar Peterson: On a Clear Day
Louis Hayes | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Oscar Peterson
This particular version of the Peterson trio was not together for very long. It followed the departure of George Mraz...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
Christian McBride's New Jawn: Prime
Christian McBride | Nasheet Waits | Josh Evans | Marcus Strickland
Throughout his illustrious 30- year career bassist-bandleader Christian McBride has largely kept his acoustic and electric projects separate but, if...
Reviewed in issue April/2023
East Axis: No Subject
Matthew Shipp | Gerald Cleaver | Scott Robinson | Kevin Ray
‘Supergroup’ can be something of a throwaway term, but this gathering has players of sufficient stature to give the description...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
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
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