All About Jazz Album Reviews

Louis Stewart and Jim Hall: The Dublin Concert (Sun, 08 Sep 2024)
When Jim Hall decided to spend the 1982 Christmas holidays in Ireland, did he really think that one of the most influential jazz guitarists in history could pass through incognito? The master of modern jazz guitar who had played with Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Giuffre, Ben Webster, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins and Art Farmer, who was celebrated for a quartet of famous albums with Bill Evans, and who had crafted a masterly interpretation of Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" on Concierto (CTI, 1975)--did he think nobody would notice? No chance... [ read more ]
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Loz Speyer's Inner Space: Live in Leipzig (Sun, 08 Sep 2024)
Loz Speyer, a British trumpeter and composer known for his inventive blend of jazz traditions and free improvisation, leads the quintet Inner Space through its inaugural release. With a background spanning a wide range of influences within the jazz realm, Speyer channels these into compositions that allow each band member room for dynamic improvisation... [ read more ]
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Shawn Maxwell: J Town Suite (Sun, 08 Sep 2024)
Saxophonist Shawn Maxwell is so fond of his hometown--Joliet, Illinois--that he has written the J Town Suite in its honor and dedicated an entire album to themes associated with his Joliet roots and upbringing. Problem is, those essays have meaning only to Maxwell--and perhaps a handful of others--so the album must be appraised musically, not thematically... [ read more ]
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