Jazz CD Reviews Articles

Charles Mingus – Mingus In Argentina/The Buenos Aires Concert – Resonance Records

A late-career live album by Charles Mingus is an excellent Record Store Day release!

A wonderful trombone collaboration gets an audiophile vinyl upgrade.

Honoring a trumpet giant, Kenny Dorham…

A previously unreleased Peanuts television soundtrack hits the mark again!

A seminal collaboration between two early 60’s jazz icons gets a vinyl upgrade! Ken McIntyre With Eric Dolphy –...

Great jazz crosses cultural boundaries.... McCullough, Spasovski, Tufekcievski, Filipovski – Transverse – Calligram...

A mostly Metheny tribute with memorable music. Transcendence – Music of Pat Metheny – [TrackList follows] – FMR CD...

This is a great vinyl upgrade of a John Lee Hooker concert. John Lee Hooker - Alone: Live At Hunter College 1976 - BMG...

Craft Recordings releases a sparkling re-mastered vinyl of a classic Bill Evans Trio album. Bill Evans Trio – Waltz...

This is an inspired performance from Nina Simone. Nina Simone – Emergency Ward – RCA Records LSP-4757 (1972)/Speakers...

This is a terrific vinyl boxed set of a legendary jazz saxophonist. Sonny Rollins Go West! – The Contemporary Records...

Something special from Orrin Evans... Orrin Evans – The Red Door – Smoke Sessions Records #SSR-2305 - 62:21 - ****1/2...

A major "find" for fans of rare Stax soul music... Written in their Soul (The Stax Songwriter Demos) - Omnivore/Craft...

The Queen Of Soul shines on this updated live vinyl! Aretha – Live At Fillmore West – Atlantic Records SD 7205...

A brilliant tribute to a founding studio of 1920s jazz... The Gennett Suite – Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra – Patois...

Craft Recordings releases a vinyl update of “Leroy Walks!”. The Leroy Vinnegar Sextet - Leroy Walks! - Contemporary...