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JACK WALRATH & HARD CORPS - Journey Man! (1995)
When many of the bop-based Young Lions who emerged in the '90s made it known that they were only interested in playing in the tradition and that they had no interest in avant-garde experiments, Jack...
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JAMES BRANDON LEWIS - Divine Travels (2014)
An auspicious major label debut for a young saxophonist, Divine Travels eschews flamboyance for a deferential, mostly unpretentious bluesy free jazz recording. Lewis, a thirty-something tenor...
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JACKIE McLEAN - Demon's Dance (1967)
Demon's Dance was Jackie McLean's final album for Blue Note, closing out an amazing streak of creativity that's among the more underappreciated in jazz history. The record retreats a bit from McLean's...
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JAKOB BRO - December Song (2013)
“Balladeering-Time-December Song”, a trilogy by the award-winning composer Jakob Bro (born 1978) is a breathlessly beautiful work. Bro's restrained, floating compositions, have a peculiarly magical,...
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WAYNE SHORTER - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959)
Also known as Blues A La Carte, this Vee Jay disc has tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter's first session as a leader and it shows that, even at this early stage, Shorter was far along toward developing...
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WAYNE SHORTER - Speak No Evil (1964)
On his third date for Blue Note within a year, Wayne Shorter changed the bands that played on both Night Dreamer and Juju and came up with not only another winner, but also managed to give critics and...
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WAYNE SHORTER - Beyond The Sound Barrier (2005)
Recorded live on three different continents (Europe, America, and Asia) from 2002-2004, Beyond theSound Barrier finds Wayne Shorter leading the same acoustic-oriented post-bop quartet he led on his...
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WAYNE SHORTER - Without A Net (2013)
For me Wayne Shorter is THE composer of the last half century, much like Duke and Monk were for previous eras. Most strikingly there is the constant evolution from the beginning compositions for Art...
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PAOLO FRESU·URI CAINE - Think (2009)
Three years after the excellent Things, here is the duo's new album, here expanded in some songs to the Alborada String Quartet where Sonia, Paolo's wife, plays. Compared to the previous work, which...
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COLIN VALLON TRIO - Cully Jazz Festival 2004
Tracks01. une rose en hiver 02. gueule de bois 03. les ombres 04. quiet in the storm 05. le temps ne s'arrite jamais 06. horizons estompes COLIN VALLON pianoLORENZ BEYELER bassRAPHAIL PEDROLI...
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JOHN SURMAN·JOHN WARREN - Tales of the Algonquin (1971)
As in most European countries, jazz in Britain prior to the '60s was largely a copycat of its American counterparts. But with the emergence of artists like trumpeters Harry Beckett and Kenny Wheeler,...
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(ANOTHER) NUTTREE QUARTET [Abercrombie·Anderson·Liebman·Nussbaum] - Something...
It's always a pleasure to hear a group of musicians who, over the years, have developed not just a strong musical bond, but a personal one as well. If it's a truth that most musicians' style is a...
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ALDO ROMANO - Threesome (2004)
A little more than twenty years after a memorable album with his friend Jean-François Jenny-Clark and a certain Michel Petrucciani, Maître Aldo offers us a new trio album with Danilo Rea on piano,...
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ALDO ROMANO - Just Jazz (2008)
Aldo Romano has long proven himself an innovative leader and the 2007 sessions that make up Just Jazz are no exception. Romano is not one to take a lot of solos himself, preferring to showcase his...
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HELGE LIEN - Live (2005)
The seven pieces featured here were recorded live in 2004 and 2005, and six of them are Lien originals. On the opening two pieces, the Chopinesque "Putte" and the ethereal "En Ganske Liten Runding,"...
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Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite (2009)
A powerful indictment of mankind's role in global warming, Human Activity Suite is guitarist Brad Shepik's most expansive and earnest project to date. Global warming is an issue close to Shepik's...
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BRAD SHEPIK - The Well (2000)
Taking a cue from his work with the Paradox Trio, guitarist Brad Shepik continues to delve into Balkan and Middle Eastern sounds on this follow-up to 1997's The Loan (also on Songlines). Aiding Shepik...
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ULF WAKENIUS - The Guitar Artistry (2002)
For the first time in a recording history that dates back to 1983, Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius has decided to go it alone with an album of a cappella acoustic guitar performances. Like his earlier...
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ADAM ROGERS - Allegory (2002)
There aren't that many guitarists who can claim to have played alongside both John Zorn and Norah Jones. But Adam Rogers, whose credits also include stints with Regina Carter, Elvis Costello, the...
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ADAM ROGERS - Apparitions (2004)
It's rare to find artists returning with the same personnel time after time. For reasons sometimes artistic—a diversity of stylistic concerns, the desire to work with a variety of players—and...
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