Jazz Album Reviews Archives

Ben Sidran ‘Swing State’ Album Review

Ben Sidran’s first all-instrumental record is his finest in years, completely removing him from the long shadow of Mose Allison.

Splitting Taylor Dallas Vidic’s sound between jazz and Americana, Cat & Mouse embraces both worlds.

Joe Lovano’s lifelong devotion to the music of Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker resulted in the release of one of the best jazz albums of recent years.

Meshell Ndegeocello’s ninth album, ‘Weather’, is dark, dense and lovely, very much in sync with her influences, yet deeply original.

The first soul-jazz album ever is one of the best, both for Grover Washington Jr.’s superb playing and the direction of famed producer Creed Taylor.

Halie Loren, the young American jazz singer, has both an exquisite musical sense and the talent for phrasing that makes a song come alive.