Album Reviews

Review: Dave Douglas’s ‘Four Freedoms’

Trumpeter-composer Dave Douglas has a remarkable sixty-plus albums credited to him as a leader. One of the major voices in creative music,…

13 hours ago

Review: Tigran Hamasyan’s ‘Manifeste’

Over the last several years, Tigran Hamasyan has emerged as a visionary artists working at the intersection of jazz, progressive rock,…

2 days ago

Review: ‘Take A.M.E.’

The eponymous Take A.M.E. is the debut from a trio co-led by three artists based in New York City - alto saxophonist…

1 week ago

Review: Julian Lage Quartet’s ‘Scenes from Above’

Julian Lage is unafraid to switch gears. While the guitarist has held together his trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King, over…

2 weeks ago

Review: John Ellis and Doublewide’s ‘Fireball’

Despite the name of woodwind specialist John Ellis’s Double Wide, suggesting a large ensemble, the group is a quintet, with…

3 weeks ago

Review: Craig Taborn’s ‘Dream Archives’

The first release by Craig Taborn since being named a MacArthur Fellow in late 2025, Dream Archives (ECM, 2026) finds…

3 weeks ago

Review: Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet’s ‘The Solastalgia Suite’

Coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term ‘solastalgia” centers on the theme of homesickness while still at home with…

1 month ago

Review: Jerome Sabbagh’s ‘Stand Up!’

Over the last few years, tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh has released recordings thst featured his dulcet tones with several jazz elders…

2 months ago

Review: Bill Ware and the Club Bird All Stars’ ‘Martian Sunset’

The vibraphonist Bill Ware is perhaps best known for his work with The Jazz Passengers and Groove Collective. He has…

2 months ago

Review: John O’Gallagher’s ‘Ancestral’

With Ancestral (Whirlwind, 2025), alto saxophonist and composer John O'Gallagher explores the late-period work of John Coltrane, specifically Interstellar Space…

2 months ago