Album Reviews

Review: Henry Threadgill Zooid’s ‘Cut You Where You Was’

August 28, 2026, is a big day for NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill with two albums released under his name.…

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Review: Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer & Dafnis Prieto’s ‘Fifteen’

August 21, 2026 is a big day for Henry Threadgill as he releases two albums. One, Cut You Where You…

2 days ago

Review: L’Rain ‘fata morgana’

L'Rain's "birthday" is not a straightforward celebration. She moves from loneliness to a plea for self-love amidst a sultry ambiance.…

4 days ago

Review: Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown’s ‘A Supreme Blue’

Sometimes a grand project can emerge from a single riff, or even a quote in an improvised solo. A Supreme…

1 week ago

Review: ‘Peace Anthems’

In only a few short years, Red Hook Records has gone from start up to deliverer of some of the…

3 weeks ago

Review: Marshall Allen’s ‘101: An Audio Odyssey’

Even well into his second century, practically ageless wonder Marshall Allen continues to record, perform, and defy any conventional logic.…

3 weeks ago

Review: Nicole Zuraitis’ ‘The Devil I Knew’

As a vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Nicole Zuraitis is a triple threat. Yet the two-time Grammy-winner often goes criminally undermentioned…

4 weeks ago

Review: Your Brother’s Keeper and Gary Bartz’s ‘Where Rivers Meet’

Even well into the second half of his eighties, Gary Bartz remains one of the most powerful and evocative alto…

2 months ago

Review: Helen Sung Big Band’s ‘Oracles’

Pianist and composer Helen Sung delivers her first big band album with Oracles (Sunnyside, 2026). The seventeen-piece big band is under the conduction…

2 months ago

Review: James Brandon Lewis Quartet’s ‘Omni’

Most press releases for new albums proclaim how their latest offering is the artist’s “most personal statement yet” or the…

2 months ago