Album Reviews

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…

9 months 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…

9 months 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…

10 months 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…

10 months 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 months ago

Review: Simón Willson’s ‘Feel Love’

In many ways, the burgeoning improvised music community in Brooklyn resembles downtown New York's loft movement of the ‘70s. But…

11 months ago

Review: John Scofield and Dave Holland’s ‘Memories of Home’

Guitarist John Scofield and NEA Jazz Master bassist Dave Holland are not only both masters of their respective instruments but…

11 months ago

Review: Billy Hart’s ‘Multidirectional’

Over the past six months, several NEA Jazz Masters - all of them octogenarian, or close to - have released…

11 months ago