Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - May 2024
Jazzwise Editor's Choices
from the May 2024 issue include new music from
Equal Spirits
,
Amaro Freitas
,
Bill Frisell
,
Fred Hersch
and
Mark Lockheart
, as well as Record Store Day releases from
Cannonball Adderley
,
Yusef Lateef
,
Sun Ra
,
Art Tatum
and
Mal Waldron
&
Steve Lacy
.
"The legacy of the great South African generations that have included Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Bheki Mseleku, as well as their European champions like Keith Tippett and Django Bates have rarely been celebrated as empathically and ecstatically as this."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
"Now with the Brussels Philharmonic and Umbria Jazz Orchestra, the chance comes to hear [Frisell's] imagination takes him when the big backrop is being painted by others."
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
"…Hersch shows that beauty, a brilliant keyboard touch, and a love for the song will always make for great pianistic art."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC/ALAC/WAV, Hi-Res FLAC/ALAC/WAV
Record Store Day 2024 Releases
"These audiences clearly relished everything; and given its quality and the quintet’s importance, it’s good that this music is now available."
Available Format: CD
"With both inspiring words and music, this is an excellent release that adds to our understanding of a man who is a quintessential, still largely unheralded figure in modern music."
Available Format: 2 CDs
"This is Ra and the Arkestra at their most cosmic, with an emphasis on individual expression, improvisation and sonic texture, rather than collective swing."
Available Format: 2 CDs
"Of course audiences wanted to hear this fleet-fingered player at his impressive best and this Chicago crowd are never disappointed."
Available Format: 3 CDs
"…some of the finest late-period Waldron on record."
Available Format: 2 CDs
Barney Whittaker
