Jazz CD Reviews Articles

Dave Stryker – Stryker With Strings, Goes to the Movies – Strikezone Records

Dave Stryker “strikes it rich” with movie theme CD…

A well placed single microphone can still produce magical swing sessions…

Post-modern jazz band The Bad Plus keep changing the jazz landscape.

A musical panacea for chaotic times…

Roland Kirk – Now please don’t you cry, beautiful Edith – Verve Records V6-8709 (1967)/Verve/Universal Music Group...

The Vanguard Jazz Showcase happily continues... Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions – Mosaic Records #MD6-281 – six...

Previously unreleased 1970 session shows the mature side of soul songstress, Carla Thomas... Carla Thomas – Sweet...

A jazz legend’s legacy is showcased on Craft Recordings’ vinyl re-mastering. Tito Puente And His Latin Ensemble –...

This vinyl upgrade is a fitting homage to a jazz legend. Pharaoh Sanders – Live…Theresa Records TR 116 (1981)/Pure...

Mack Avenue Music Group celebrates the genius of Oscar Peterson with a previously unreleased live album. The Oscar...

It’s always a celebration when unreleased Charlie Parker music is unearthed. Charlie Parker - Bird In LA - Verve...

Two is better than one for a drummer-led trio. Steve Smith and Vital Information – Time Flies – [TrackList follows] –...

Pure Pleasure Records pays homage to Strata-East Records with a vinyl re-mastering of the second Handscapes album. The...

OLSO – Elliot Sharp, John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal – Zoar Music (John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal – Bass; Elliott...

Hammond organ with an all-star band - Pure bliss... Jim Alfredson – Family Business – Posi-Tone #PR 8243 - 57:08 -...

Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch release a great jazz duet album on ECM Records. Enrico Rava/Fred Hersch – The Song Is You...