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Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

December 5, 2025
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New albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.

Jazz Album Review: Tenor Saxophonist George Coleman Is in Command on One for All’s “Big George”

March 15, 2024
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“Big George” is polished, tonally elegant, and beautifully recorded

Jazz Album Review: Steve Davis’s “Bluesthetic” — Swinging Oh-So Comfortably

July 5, 2022
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Trombonist Steve Davis says he never strays very far from the blues, and he proves it with this fine album.

Jazz CD Review: Jimmy Cobb’s “This I Dig of You” — A Mainstream Delight

August 28, 2019
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Nothing in this session reminds us of the age of the principals. That in itself, if not miraculous, is at least impressive.

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