Capturing the huge passions of Mingus' music is, for most musicians and writers, an impossible quest. By bearing her heart, Sue Graham Mingus, wido...
Besides the dusky miracle of her sumptuous contralto, props must be given to Wilson’s steel determination to cross jazz (if it’s still fair, or relevant, to call what she d…
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The real rewarding thing about listening to this striking debut, besides having the privilege of listening to a true talent emerge, is the joy of knowing that Laura Nyro ha…
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Still supreme, still the apogee of Trane and the quartets’ powers. If I went on with scholarly hyperbole you’d all see right through me and, if ‘A Love Supreme’ was about a…
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14 Apr
Red Clay by Freddie Hubbard
One can hear why ‘Red Clay’ was hugely regarded as Hubbard’s finest disc upon its 1970 release. Hancock’s young electric Rhodes lends the right airy-ness and early post ‘Bi…
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