Marchin’ On! I’d guess that a clear majority of JJ readers have at least one recording by at least one of the Heath Brothers – bassist Percy worked with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, ...

Recently I’ve covered several live gigs which have been blind dates in all but name; a third party (friend, editor) who knows ...

Out Of The Shadows You may not know him but you’ve more than likely heard his music somewhere. Dalton is a veteran, in-demand British session guitarist who has played on countless recordings, ...

It’s All In Your Head One of the unintended consequences of the rise of jazz education is that as technical proficiency has ...

Classic Decca Recordings Of Bob Crosby And His Orchestra & The Bob Cats (1936-42) I’ve reviewed some superb Mosaic sets – and that includes most of them. But their latest archival release is pure joy, ...

Lasting Impression Brandon Sanders spent many hours as a child visiting his grandmother’s jazz club in Kansas City where she ...

Afro Baroque As in my last batch of selections, eclecticism is a keyword with these albums. Afro Baroque is one of those ...

Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert found Shorter's post Weather Report fusion one-dimensional in comparison with the musical ...

Thirty years ago the NY tenor man, peer to Berg, Brecker, Mintzer et al, talked about his journey through Miles Davis, Elvin ...

Forty years ago Mark Gilbert heard in Henderson's splitting, jiving and slipping of notes a still contemporary saxophone ...

Music; Salt And Pepper; American In Dakar; Till The Day; Galón De Leche; Dangerous; Reading The Rings; Ever Given; Nenam (37.37) Jean Mermose, Papis Konate (kyb); Amady Sidibé (elg); Thierno Sarr, ...

The Josh Rager trio with Peter Bernstein. L-R: Richard Irwin, Bernstein, Rager, Alex Walkington Gene Shelby (d); Mike Stern, Frank Gambale, Aiden Ishmael (elg); Eghay Synth, Usereal Fitri (kyb); ...