Mali Sheard – Hayfever
Sheard’s blowing shines through with an energy, creative curiosity and lyricism that connects well...
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Category: Album Reviews
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Here's a chronological look at the latest jazz releases which we've covered at Jazzviews.net!
Ayumi Tanaka / Thomas Morgan / Thomas Strønen – Windflower
another beautiful piece of music making that spells out clearly the remarkable empathy of the trio...
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Pedro Luis Ferrer – La Bunga
Pedro Luis Ferrer and Lena Ferrer make an astonishingly big sound for two people. La Bunga is the...
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Jeff Colella, Putter Smith – Between Friends
one of the best duo recordings you’re going to hear this year American Jazz Institute...
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Jalen Baker – RePaved
RePaved feels less like a monument to a vanished neighborhood than a reminder that the people and...
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Emma Pilgaard – A Woman’s Voice
Pilgaard wanted these women’s stories to be heard, and “A Woman’s Voice”...
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Rachael Calladine – Soho Elegy
Rachael Calladine has clearly done a lot of out-of-town woodshedding, paid a lot of dues and is...
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Larry Stabbins – And the birds sang… duets with Keith Tippett and Louis Moholo-Moholo
There is a joy and inventiveness in Stabbins’ playing that is evident throughout the album. 1.Clay...
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Yoron Israel – Inspiration
Inspiration moves easily through jazz, blues, and gospel. Ronja Music Yoron Israel – Drums,...
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Visions Of Nar – Awakening
Margossian has described her music as a search for peace, for unity over division, and that comes...
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Visions Jazz Ensemble – Of The People
It hands back the music we’ve inherited, the songs we grew up with without ever quite...
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Sounds Of April & Randall – Dishes Ain’t Clean
happy, upbeat, and sure of itself. Soaring Records April May Webb – vocals; Randall Haywood...
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Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin – Second Attempt
Fujii has never been interested in tidy landings, only in seeing where the flock goes next. Libra...
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John Donaldson – We Were Together, I Forget the Rest
It is the quality of writing and the collective interplay that lifts it from the page which leaves...
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Nicolas Meier World Group – Elysian Drift
This is a very enjoyable album, and one which illustrates how jazz – like the English...
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Tubby Hayes – An Unexpected Pleasure – Rare live and studio sessions 1958 -1972
“an era when jazz possessed an extraordinary vitality and, via radio, intimacy with its...
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WDR Big Band – Jagged Edges & Elegant Lines: The Music of Ayn Inserto
It’s complicated music, played by a band that won’t hold still inside it. Summit...
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Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero vol.3
It’s a lovely triumph of a record — three volumes in, and they’ve simply found another...
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Emil de Waal Old News – Novelties
Nykjær has been honored by the musicians who knew him best: they stayed together, invited Groth...
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Donald Vega – Play It Forward
Ten tracks, one thank-you note. He’s playing it forward. Imagery Records Donald Vega –...
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Ben Crosland Quintet – North York Skies
Crosland has formed and polished twelve bright, shiny objects… presented as a lovingly curated box...
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Classic Album Reviews
Stan Getz / Kenny Barron – People Time
The Getz interpretation of Charlie Haden’s ‘First Song’ is one of the most beautiful pieces...
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Jessica Williams – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Candid CCD 79763 Jessica Williams (piano) Recorded 10th March 1996 El Salvador / Alone Together /...
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Wynton Marsalis – Black Codes (From the Underground)
Marsalis is acutely aware of the past; he reveres the innovators who have defined jazz. Columbia...
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Stan Tracey Quartet – The Return of Captain Adventure
‘The Return of Captain Adventure’ could be Tracey’s finest ‘live’ album. TENTOTEN TTTCDS753 Art...
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Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool
The elegant, dark, stark, ambiguous terrain that Gil Evans created and explored is unique. Impulse...
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Mike Osborne Trio – All Night Long: The Willisau Concert
‘Listening to this album is an experience that has few parallels.’ Ogun OGCD 029 Mike Osborne...
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Michael Gibbs
`A new voice had entered UK jazz.’ Decca Deram 844907-2 Collective Personnel: Acoustic Guitar,...
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Duke Ellington – The Queen’s Suite
Music that is unique because it concentrates on the ensemble. PABLO OJCCD-446-2 Duke Ellington...
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John McLaughlin – Extrapolation
Extrapolation is one of the finest jazz records ever made in Europe Polydor 8415982 John...
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Charles Mingus – Antibes 1960
essential, enthralling, blistering, electric, unparalleled intensity, fiery. Atlantic Records...
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Art Tatum – 20th Century Piano Genius
Tatum should be viewed as a highly experimental artist. Verve (2 CDs) 531 763-2 Art Tatum (piano)...
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The Julius Wechter Quartet & Quintet 1956-1957 Jazz: West and Intro Sessions
Besides the great jazz vibes from Julius Wechter this is another example of Fresh Sound Records...
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Miles Davis – The Lost Septet
Sleepy Night Records SNRCD020 (double album) Miles Davis (tpt), Gary Bartz (alt,sop) Keith Jarrett...
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Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays – As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
ECM RECORDS ECM 1190 1981 Pat Metheny (electric & acoustic six & twelve string guitars,...
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Duke Ellington – The Complete Newport 1956 Concert
Ray Nance, Clark Terry,William “Cat” Anderson, John Willie Cook – trumpets; Quentin Jackson, John...
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Oscar Peterson – On A Clear Day: Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Zurich 1971
There is exhilaration as he takes off on a prestissimo, exuberant, ski run of notes Mack Avenue...
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Weather Report – Live In London
Angel Air Records SJPCD622 Joe Zawinul (keys), Wayne Shorter (tnr, sop), Victor Bailey (bs), Mino...
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Miles Davis – Water Babies
CBS 81741 Released November 1976 Recorded June 1967 and November 1968 Side A, Water Babies 5m 06s,...
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’
Blue Note Records 7243 4 95327 2 4 Original Album Recording January 5th 1958 Art Farmer (trumpet),...
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Miles Davis Septet – Live in Poland 1983
Domino Records 891235 Miles Davis, trumpet and keyboards on all tracks, plus: CD 1 [1-7] Bill...
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Louis Armstrong – The Great 1956 Chicago Concert
Complete Edition (2 CDs) LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ALL STARS: LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet &...
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