Jazz CD Reviews Articles

Four! – Hampton Hawes With Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell – Contemporary Records (1958)/Craft Recordings

This is an outstanding re-mastered vinyl of an under appreciated jazz pianist.

Four 1980s albums showing Miles Davis moving in a new direction…

The Staples Singers, fifty years later in pristine audiophile vinyl…

Another exploration from Pavlovic — Norway delights!

Speakers Corner Records releases a stellar vinyl re-mastering of a quintessential 80’s album. Toto IV – Columbia...

This is a great re-mastered vinyl of the first queen of rock! Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol’ Cosmic Blues Again Mama! –...

A great vinyl upgrade of a jazz icon’s blues album. Nina Simone Sings The Blues - RCA Victor/Dynagroove Records...

Fabian Almazan Trio – This Land Abounds with Life – [TrackList follows] – Biophilia BREP0015, 86:26 [6/14/19] ****:...

Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis - OW! Live At the Penthouse Reel To Reel RTR CD 003 56:38***** ( Johnny...

Dave Stryker - Eight Track Christmas - Strikezone Records 8819 50:56**** (Dave Stryker - guitar; Stefon Harris -...

Elvin Jones - Midnight Walk - Atlantic Records SD 1485 (1966)/Speakers Corner Records (2019) 180-gram stereo vinyl,...

Azar Lawrence – Summer Solstice – Craft Recordings/Prestige CR00262 – 180 gm vinyl – 1975 - ****1/2 (Azar Lawrence –...

Mark Doyle – Watching The Detectives: Guitar Noir III – [TrackList follows] – Free Will FW565, 39:26 [8/26/19] ****:...

The Flowering Of The Original Charles Lloyd Quartet/Recorded in Concert - Atlantic Records SD 1586 (1966)/Speakers...

Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album - Columbia Records C 30855 (1971)/Speakers Corner Records (2016) 180-gram stereo...

Jeff Hamilton, Akiko Tsuruga & Graham Dechter – Equal Time – [TrackList follows] – Capri O, 46:55 [6/21/19] ****:...