Go Happy Lucky (Bill Frisell) from an album The News (ECM, 2021). “The new album from the quartet led by one of jazz’s innovators, drummer Andrew Cyrille, carries the story forward from the 2016 release [More]
Blues Forever is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released by the Italian label Black Saint in 1982 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams compositions by an eleven-member big band. “Tremendous large orchestra session, [More]
This Is Walt Dickerson! is the debut album by American vibraphonist Walt Dickerson recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and reviewer Steve Huey wrote that [More]
Unit Structures is a 1966 album by free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor released by Blue Note Records. Unusually, Taylor’s group features two bassists, one (Alan Silva) playing mostly with a bow, and the other (Henry [More]
Mama and Daddy is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams that was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1980 and features performances of four of Abrams’ compositions by a big band. AllMusic Review [More]
AllMusic Review by Eugene Chadbourne: It is a shame that more jazz drummers have not created solo recordings of this quality, or that the ones who do make solo recordings so often choose much less [More]
