BeBop / Hard Bop - CD Reviews (481)
Swedish guitarist, Per Sjodin swings with a lyrical touch on his most recent release, Gentle Thoughts. With solid backing from his group, Sjodin captures the spirit …
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Italian pianist Roberto Magris swings hard on Check-In. His pulsating style is evident throughout. With a solid group of musicians including saxophonist, Tony Lakato…
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Sonny Rollins once said, "Music is an open sky." On that Tuesday when horror came from the open sky, he was at his apartment six blocks from the World Trade Center. From th…
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For the uninitiated, the late Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was/is one of the most popular saxophonists in jazz history. He was one of the "offspring" of Charlie Parker w…
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To Be Again represents a sizzling effort by the Curt Hanrahan Septet of the Great Frozen North. The pieces are almost uniformly energetic and up tempo as if try…
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Mingus originals, except for "Memories of You," written by Blake-Rasaf, this album was originally recorded in 1957 for Bethlehem Jazz; released in the shadow of his 1962 al…
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Veering away from their own venue in British Columbia, this group of stellar musicians recorded this album at Smoke, in New York's Upper Manhattan neighborhood. Hendrick…
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In the 20th century, the jazz seed germinated, grew and blossomed in the rich culturally diverse American musical soil. As with every flower, its main purpose is to repr…
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Everything you’ve heard about this treasure is true. Representing the only live documented performance of the two jazz legends together, it is nothing less than the find…
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Pascal Le Boeuf is a young pianist/composer with a promising future. Migration showcases the fine talents of not only Le Boeuf but the rest of his talented band. At …
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Nowadays, with so much smooth jazz floating around, bop and bebop styles of jazz appear as a foreign language to some connoisseurs. What is just as novel are the number …
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Bop and avant-garde violinist Billy Bang (birth name William Walker) is a veteran of the Vietnam war. Drafted in 1966, he served as an Army sergeant and squad leader, livin…
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Journey Home is pianist Dana Landry's initial solo album effort. A regular in the Denver, Colorado jazz scene as well as director of jazz studies at the University o…
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The collaboration of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie changed the course of jazz so emphatically, that to this day BeBop lives on with their influence felt in every jazz …
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There are few too recordings issued these days centered around the robust and sometimes surprisingly sensitive-sounding baritone saxophone. The potentially awkward horn,…
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This is not a run-of-the-mill reissue CD. Sure! You’ve heard all these songs before but there is a very large "BUT." This is virtually unheard Diz & Bird. The copiou…
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But 27 years old, Sean Jones is burning. He plays the music of Gemini with a flare that is reminiscent of the hard bop trumpet masters like Freddie Hubbard, Woody Sh…
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When Bud Shank and Phil Woods worked together for the first time in duo performances on Joe Segal’s Jazz Cruise, it was one of those why-haven’t-we-done-this-before? moment…
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Trumpet player Dan Jacobs’ Blue After Hours is a perfect example of the fact that you don’t need an orchestra or a string section to create incredibly warm, lush …
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Here's a nice re-issue CD that's faithful to the original vinyl pressing. No alternate takes are added to fluff-up the thirty-five minute performance. Elvin Jones (1…
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