Jazz Album reviews - Page 5

GenresJazz

Forfolks

Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker - Forfolks 8.5

Album review

Jazz
On Forfolks, Jeff Parker needs only a guitar and effects. He builds small patterns and plays new lines around them, making a solo…

Cosmic Messenger

Jean-Luc Ponty

Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger 8.2

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Cosmic Messenger places Jean-Luc Ponty's electric violin inside a polished, tightly organised fusion band. Electronic keyboard…

Upside Downside

Mike Stern

Mike Stern - Upside Downside 8.5

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Upside Downside combines the direct force of rock guitar with the melodic movement of jazz. Mike Stern has a clear, passionate…

Cloudward

Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson - Cloudward 8.5

Album review

Jazz
Cloudward has a welcoming sound without making everything easy. Mary Halvorson lets a melody emerge clearly, then gives the…

The Rhinebeck Sessions

Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra - The Rhinebeck Sessions 8.1

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
The Rhinebeck Sessions gives Spyro Gyra more room to move than their polished reputation might suggest. The group keep their clear…

The Next Step

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step 8.6

Album review

Jazz
The Next Step shows how a clear group identity can offer more than four musicians taking accomplished solos. Kurt Rosenwinkel…

Illicit

Tribal Tech

Tribal Tech - Illicit 8.7

Album review

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Illicit makes jazz fusion sound sharp, energetic and willing to cause a little trouble. Tribal Tech combine Scott Henderson's…

View With A Room

Julian Lage

Julian Lage - View With A Room 8.2

Album review

Jazz
View With A Room enlarges the sound of Julian Lage's trio without weighing it down. Guitarist Bill Frisell joins Lage, bassist…

Starfire

Jaga Jazzist

Jaga Jazzist - Starfire 7.4

Album review

Electronic
Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Progressive rock/metal
Starfire brings Jaga Jazzist's jazz and rock arrangements into a much more electronic setting. Synths, guitars, drums and brass…

Hearts Wide Open

Gilad Hekselman

Gilad Hekselman - Hearts Wide Open 8.3

Album review

Jazz
Hearts Wide Open finds plenty of possibilities in clear melodies. Gilad Hekselman plays fluently and precisely, but his guitar…

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