Category: Album Reviews

Whether you fancy a heartwarming carol with Elvis or the story of a yuletide drug dealer from OutKast, there’s a festive album for you in our rundown of the best […]

Before the onslaught of 1970s disco-jazz and the flywheel Latin-laced jazz dance music of the Salsoul Orchestra and Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, the production … Read More “Johnny Hammond: […]

These two compilations, originally released in 2019, celebrated two milestones for the University of Kentucky’s Mega-Sax jazz ensembles: 50 years since the first band was … Read More “University of […]

Julius Rodriguez doesn’t want to play the trite parlor game, “But is it jazz?” The 24-year-old keyboardist/drummer named his debut album Let Sound Tell All, … Read More “Julius Rodriguez: […]

A San Francisco Bay Area mainstay, vocalist Roberta Donnay has earned an avid following over the past quarter-century with a repertoire focusing on pre-bop treasures. … Read More “Roberta Donnay: […]

The Ball State jazz studies program’s debut recording showcases the Muncie, Indiana school’s premier big band as it digs into four original compositions, a student … Read More “Ball State […]

Recognized the world over for her unique five octave vocal range and extraordinary versatility, singer Jean Carne came up through the jazz world in the early 1970s as a vocalist […]

Roy Eldridge’s name on this disc is a bit of a red herring. The trumpeter plays the first two songs, accompanied by the same band … Read More “Roy Eldridge […]

Pianist and composer Demetrius Nabors is one of the go-to musicians on the Detroit jazz scene and has performed with a plethora of national artists … Read More “Demetrius Nabors: […]

North American jazz fans are just starting to learn the name Daniela Soledade, but in Brazil, where she was born and raised through her early … Read More “Daniela Soledade […]