Jazz CD Reviews Articles

Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions – Mosaic Records

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…

Keeping the NOLA spirit on the front burner…

Stanley Cowell – Musa/Ancestral Streams – Strata-East/Mack Avenue #SES-19743-25 - 38:04 - ****1/2 (Stanley Cowell -...

Craft Recordings releases an audiophile vinyl of a classic Bill Evans album! Bill Evans Trio – Moon Beams – Riverside...

A rare solo Thelonious Monk recording gets a sonic upgrade. Thelonious Monk – Thelonious Himself – Riverside Records...

Eva Cassidy + strings, a dream combination... Eva Cassidy – I Can Only Be Me – Blix Street Records #G2-10121 – 40:26...

Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest -Orchestral jazz at its best... Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest – Olympians...

A 10-year anniversary of Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society gets a welcome vinyl upgrade. Esperanza Spalding –...

Trumpeter John Bailey, with a dream quartet- it's all good... John Bailey – Time Bandits – Freedom Road #FRR 02 –...

A bona fide jazz legend is celebrated with an all-star documentary soundtrack vinyl soundtrack. Ron Carter – Finding...

Mack Avenue Music Group releases a stunning colored vinyl of an emerging jazz star. Joey Alexander – Origin, Vinyl...

Craft Recordings releases a stellar vinyl upgrade of a classic Benny Carter album. Benny Carter – Jazz Giant – Stereo...

Ahmad Jamal – Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse 1965-1966 – Jazz Detective/Deep Digs Music Group DDJD-002 –...

A new label makes an auspicious debut with 2 live albums from Ahmad Jamal. Ahmad Jamal – Emerald City Nights: Live At...