All About Jazz Album Reviews

Eric Alexander: Chicago To New York

Thu, 01 May 2025 06:42:06 +0000

Eric Alexander, widely praised for years as one of the jazz world's foremost tenor saxophonists, greets listeners with an unforeseen yet tantalizing curve ball on his latest album, Chicago to New York, employing his luminous soprano sax to enhance the first two numbers, John Coltrane's "Afro Blue" and "Wise One," before unleashing his trustworthy and perceptive tenor to usher him securely through the last five... [ read more ]]]>

Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity

Thu, 01 May 2025 06:42:03 +0000

Jeong Lim Yang is a member of the Brooklyn jazz scene who has worked with many different musicians such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noreiga, and Kenny Wollesen... [ read more ]]]>

Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments

Thu, 01 May 2025 06:41:57 +0000

jny: Vienna-born pianist, composer and bandleader Barbara Bruckmüller... [ read more ]]]>

Phil Haynes / Ben Monder: Transition (s)

Thu, 01 May 2025 06:41:53 +0000

Phil Haynes to revisit his early passion for the instrument. Two albums have resulted: Return to Electric (review here), and now Transition (s), both on Corner Store Records... [ read more ]]]>

Organ Freeman: Busywork

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:42:07 +0000

jny:Los Angles-based organ trio of the same name--though it is hard to see how confusion will not reign--this Organ Freeman hails from jny:Dublin, Ireland, where guitarist/vocalist Charlie Moon, organist Darragh Hennessy and drummer Dominic Mullan have held a Sunday residency at The Big Romance since 2018... [ read more ]]]>

: Three Short Trips with Torben Westergaard

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:42:05 +0000

Torben Westergaard has been leaning toward the simple and concise with a string of snack-sized (yet wildly eclectic) EPs... [ read more ]]]>

Matteo Pastorino: Lightside

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:42:03 +0000

Matteo Pastorino album, Lightside, which it released in March 2025. Whether a novice or seasoned musician, the Italian label has a knack for promoting engaging musical gems... [ read more ]]]>

Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:41:59 +0000

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Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:41:54 +0000

Phil Woods used to argue that of all the members of the woodwind family, the clarinet is by far the most difficult to manage, saying it was "designed by six guys who had never met one another." If Australian-born, New York-based clarinetist Adrian Galante has any problems with the instrument, they are in no way apparent on his debut album, Introducing Adrian Galante, wherein listeners are introduced to a talented and versatile young artist whose growth to date has been remarkable and whose future seems exceedingly bright... [ read more ]]]>

Phil Haynes: Return to Electric

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:42:05 +0000

Chick Corea. The eponymous first album, on ECM Records, was released in 1972, opening doors for scores of other like-minded ensembles. Electricity was a main aspect of the move away from acoustic jazz... [ read more ]]]>

The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:42:03 +0000

Julius Hemphill (1938-1995) was a towering figure in the creative music scenes of both jny: St... [ read more ]]]>

Eric Alexander: Chicago To New York

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:41:57 +0000

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Claire Cope: Every Journey

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:42:09 +0000

Claire Cope. She debuted as a fully formed artist via her excellent septet set Small World (Self Produced, 2020), a deftly crafted classical/jazz hybrid. On her second recording, the album at hand, Every Journey, she employs an eleven-piece ensemble, building on the atmosphere of her debut, painting translucent layerings and weaving a loose net of textures into gorgeous, expansive soundscapes... [ read more ]]]>

Ester Andujar: Inner Songs

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:42:05 +0000

Ester Andújar Rico's album Inner Songs is a mesmerizing journey through language, culture, and emotion. Andújar effortlessly transitions between Spanish, Valencian, Portuguese, and English, making each track feel like an intimate conversation across borders... [ read more ]]]>

Steve Hirsh: Root Causes

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:42:01 +0000

Steve Hirsh's name appears on the masthead of Root Causes, you might not immediately recognize it as a drummer-led recording. Unlike the unmistakable leadership of Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams, Hirsh leads with subtlety, functioning more as a selfless, responsive collaborator than a dominant force... [ read more ]]]>

Gabriela Machado: Equilibrando no Acupe

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:42:04 +0000

Antonio Adolfo's Brazilian Music Workshop have attracted top artist-teachers, and eager students have brought the genre back to their local communities... [ read more ]]]>

Manfred Schoof: European Echoes

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:42:00 +0000

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Triology: The Slow Road

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:41:56 +0000

Miles Black, guitarist Bill Coon, and bassist Jodi Proznick--joins forces with the inimitable tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton to present a recording that swings with warmth, restraint, and unfailing musicality... [ read more ]]]>

The Hemphill String Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:41:54 +0000

Julius Hemphill is a vibrant tribute to the late jazz composer and saxophonist Julius Hemphill (1938--1995). This string quartet, featuring violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam Bardfeld, violist Stephanie Griffin and cellist Tomeka Reid, reimagines Hemphill's compositions with a fresh chamber music perspective... [ read more ]]]>

Steve Knight: For Years Gone

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:42:05 +0000

Steve Knight started playing guitar when he was 12 years old, and as he puts it, traded his skateboard for an inexpensive guitar, which "was quite righteous-sounding playing 'Smoke on the Water.'" He has come a long way since then, and For Years Gone offers plenty of evidence to prove this... [ read more ]]]>