Contemporary Jazz - CD Reviews (1790)
Here's a concept album with a fun concept: a melodic bass player playing the compositions of other bassists. Richard Simon has surrounded himself with top West Coast talent…
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The Rippingtons have put together another contemporary jazz fan's "Dream". The Rippingtons really know what jazz fans want and they give it to you holding nothing back. How…
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Arkadia Jazz is a new jazz record label that has come out of the box with a flawless first release. Signing on the truly masterful and talented musician, David Liebman, sho…
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Turnipseed Records new release by The David Morgan Trio brings us jazz the way it should be heard, "Live". According to MargAnn Turnipseed, "All of the discs on our label a…
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The Jazz Review loves to feature new and innovative jazz talent and Craig Pilo is one of the most talented up and coming drummers around. The diversity of Craig's musical b…
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While listening to this CD by master guitarist Ryo Kawasaki, I tried to figure out what was so different from other acid / contemporary jazz releases? After reading the bio…
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An extraordinary composer / keyboardist " is the way many would describe Elliot Levine. Finding the love of music at the impressionable age of four, Levine played by ear an…
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The world-renowned composer, bandleader, and musician Vinny Golia is one of the most versatile in the music business playing twenty different woodwinds, plus various ethnic…
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Jim Clayton's Muskoka is an extraordinary piece of art. To comment on the Muskoka experience is to predefine a context in which to discuss it. Read on if you dare: The expe…
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If you may be wondering what to do after your New Year's party this year, I have the answer for you. Run, and I do mean run, to the store and get this new release by Turnip…
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To this day there are very few artists in the R&B industry that touch the soul of social issues and global problems as Marvin Gaye did in the early 70's. Marvin Gaye was mo…
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The Jazz Review is constantly stretching its views of jazz music to give our audience a global picture of jazz today. We feel that jazz is a common language spoken all arou…
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A Minor Scramble continues Mark's journey with some of the brightest up and coming stars on the scene today. Good company indeed. The title track leads off with an uptempo …
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Mark's 1997 release features him in a group setting, with some beautiful results. This recording is lovingly dedicated to one of the great purveyors of the music, Duke Dubo…
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Steady-cool, dynamic, and quite jazzy is how one would describe this new release by drummer extraordinare John Favicchia. Jazziz Magazine voted "World Time" as a Top 10 for…
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Tenor saxman Don Braden delivers his own special musical treat to jazz fans with his new release, "The voice of the saxophone". Don's vibrant busy sounding saxophone speaks…
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Come feel the vibes given off by Stefan Bauer and his band on their latest release, "Best of Two Worlds". Stefan has assembled an all-star lineup for this release. Stefan c…
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Life Force Jazz is a non profit organization promoting the art of jazz at every level. Based in San Francisco, Life Force assists musicians in promotion of their recorded w…
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Omar Sosa has created a very special collection of original jazz solo piano compositions for the intricate and harmonically exciting CD release titled OMAR, OMAR. It showca…
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Jazz trombonist, Tim Sessions latest recording features some tasty arrangements. The title track, as well as a wonderful rendition of Joe Henderson's, Inner Urge, showcase …
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