Jazz CD Reviews Articles

Charlie Porter – Cipher – PHP Records

A big bonus—Listening to top grade jazz can be lucrative…

Gary Bartz remains eternally vibrant at 83…

The DEFINITIVE vinyl version of Sketches of Spain…

A great hard bop trio recording gets a vibrant sonic upgrade.

Time traveling back to 1970s classic jazz continues... Double Review – Joe Chambers Double Exposure; Woody Shaw Love...

Something for Jazzheads and Deadheads. Muriel Grossmann – Plays the Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead –...

This is the epitome of vibrant acoustic guitar jazz! Jack West/Walter Strauss – Guitars On Life – Otá Records OTA 1037...

Patrice Rushen's debut LP gets an audiophile update... Patrice Rushen – Prelusion – Prestige/Jazz Dispensary # CR0076...

Craft Recordings releases a re-mastered vinyl of a trend-setting Broadway jazz album. Shelly Manne & His Friends –...

Absolutely sublime... Franco Ambrosetti – Sweet Caress – Enja #9852 - CD - 50:55 - ****1/2 (Artists: Franco Ambrosetti...

A fine re-mastered vinyl from a great tenor saxophonist. David Murray – Lucky Four – Enjoy Records (1989)/Pure...

Prime Howard McGhee with superb acoustics... Howard McGhee – "Maggie's Back in Town" – Contemporary/Craft Recordings...

A classic Hampton Hawes release gets a winning sonic upgrade... Hampton Hawes – For Real! – Contemporary/ Craft...

Giving a vibes master his long overdue credit... Bobby Hutcherson – Classic Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note Sessions,...

Zeitlin shows his three sides. Denny Zeitlin – Panoply – [TrackList follows] – Sunnyside SSC 1741, 77:25 [6/14/24]...

This is a great compilation of hits from Genesis! Genesis – Turn It On Again: The Hits – Rhino Entertainment Company...