Music
Mark Whitfield, Patrice (Warner Brothers Records)
Mark Whitfield’s second release is somewhat more varied than his debut recording, The Marksman. Backed by an all-star rhythm section—Kenny Barron on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette […]
Branford Marsalis, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Columbia Records)
This is the second Branford Marsalis recording to feature him in a trio setting (the first was Trio Jeepy). The absence of a piano seems to have presented Marsalis, bassist […]
Bebop and Beyond, Bebop and Beyond Plays Dizzy Gillespie (Enja Records)
This reviewer will have to admit to not expecting much from this CD, having been disappointed by an earlier recording this year by Dizzy Gillespie—namely, the Live at Festival Hall […]
Johnny Griffin, The Cat (Antilles Records)
Johnny Griffin’s first U.S. recording in too many years is everything that you’d expect from someone who has worked with Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey—hard swinging! What one is immediately […]
Donald Harrison, For Art’s Sake (Candid Records)
From the first note to the last, Donald Harrison and his group swing as if their lives depended on it. This is the first U.S. recording of the band he […]
Stephen Scott, Something to Consider (Verve Records)
Stephen Scott is a former Harper Brothers Band pianist. His first solo album features such noteworthy players as Joe Henderson, Jeff Watts and Roy Hargrove, as well as his own […]
Wynton Marsalis, Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1: Thick in the South; Vol. 2: Uptown Ruler; Vol. 3: Levee Low Moan (Columbia Records)
At first, the release of these three discs appeared to be an exercise in excessiveness. After all, Marsalis’ Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling came out this year. However, after […]
Terence Blanchard, Terence Blanchard (CBS/Sony Records)
One of this year’s most anticipated releases is the new recording by New Orleans-born trumpeter Terence Blanchard. This is his first recording (with the exception of his work on the […]
