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  • Tyreek_McDole_by_EBAR.jpeg

    Tyreek McDole follows up his Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition win with a collection of jazz classics.

    Review, From the Magazine, Tyreek McDole, Gabriela Martina, Maxim Lubarsky, Champian Fulton, Jeffrey Gimble, Ute Lemper, Roxana Amed

    Aug 26, 2025 1:14 PM

    Review: Vocals Aplenty

    Tyreek McDole cements his place as a vocalist to watch with his debut, Open Up Your Senses (Artwork; ★★★★ …

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    Brian Charette’s Borderless is his latest album — just Charette, solo, and his Hammond B-3.

    Review, From the Magazine, Towner Galaher, Jae Sinnett, Frode Kjekstad, Brian Charette

    Jul 29, 2025 12:19 PM

    Review: The Many Moods of Organ

    Of all the instruments that have defined the course of modern jazz for the past 80 years, the organ might be the most…

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    The first vinyl releases from the rejuvenated Strata-East Records are out, with more to come.

    Review, From the Magazine, Stanley Cowell, Charles Tolliver, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Rouse

    Jul 22, 2025 11:02 AM

    Review: The Return of Strata-East

    The first vinyl releases from the recently rejuvenated Strata-East Records remind us how persuasive and powerful jazz…

  • NelsCline_ConsentrikQuartet_035_byNathanWest_copy.jpg

    Nels Cline issues his jazziest Blue Note offering yet with Consentrik Quartet: from left, Ingrid Laubrock, Cline, Tom Rainey and Chris Lightcap.

    Review, From the Magazine, Joel Harrison, Elliott Sharp, Nels Cline

    May 13, 2025 12:00 PM

    Review: Alternative Takes on Jazz Guitar

    There has been no more fervent a champion of guitar, in all of its myriad colors and expressions, over the past 20…

  • 2825_Mathias_Eick_by_Colin_Eick_copy_2.jpg

    Mathias Eick is a trumpeter of serious tone and substance.

    Review, From the Magazine, Mathias Eick, Benjamin Lackner, Julia Hülsmann Quartet, François Couturier/Dominique Pifarély, Yuval Cohen

    Apr 29, 2025 11:08 AM

    Jazz Reviews: ECM to the World

    There’s something about ECM records. No matter who the artist is, they never seem to be in a hurry. Don’t mistake…

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    Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

    Review, From the Magazine, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Dennis Spencer Group, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Various Artists, Corky Siegel, Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra

    Apr 1, 2025 7:55 AM

    Blues Reviews: Shakin’ Hard Times Loose

    Tommy Castro & The Painkillers: Closer To The Bone (Alligator; ★★★★ 50:25)

    A bandleader for 30-plus years,…

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    Pianist Marilyn Crispell tantalized in two very different settings at the festival.

    Review, Marilyn Crispell, Joe McPhee, Joachim Kühn, Joe Lovano

    Nov 12, 2024 12:08 PM

    Jazzfest Berlin Celebrates 60th in Style

    Martin Luther King Jr. gave the opening address for Berliner Jazztage 1964, which was the first edition of the annual…

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    Rick Estrin and the Nightcats are among the few seated at the head table in the royal court of blues.

    Review, From the Magazine, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Cedric Burnside, Eric Bibb, Abdallah Oumbadougou, Anthony Geraci, Muireann Bradley

    Jul 23, 2024 1:26 PM

    Review: Blues Guardians of the Past & Present

    Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator; 48:53 ★★★★) Rick Estrin and his nattily dressed…

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    Teiku plays to the spiritual side of Jewish ancestral songs with avant-jazz soundscapes.

    Review, From the Magazine, Bag of Bones, Room 31, Ayumi Ishito, Teiku

    Jul 23, 2024 1:21 PM

    Review: Debuts from the Deep End

    577 Records has a knack for discovering exceptional emerging artists and bringing them to the forefront of jazz and…

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    Sonny Rollins’ A Night At The Village Vanguard was the first album documenting the saxophonist as a bandleader in live performance.

    Review, From the Magazine, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp

    Jul 23, 2024 1:09 PM

    Review: Masters of Sax, (Re-)Revisited

    So much praise has been heaped (deservedly) on tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ A Night At The Village Vanguard since…

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