by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “Johnson plays the kind of tenor I love to hear. Not too many notes, not too few, but each one reflecting the mood of … Read More
REVIEW: Calvin Johnson’s ‘Notes of a Native Son’ – Bebop Spoken Here
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REVIEW: Cecil Taylor’s ‘The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert’ – Bebop Spoken Here
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “The album’s full title – The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at The Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973 – marks the release of … Read More
REVIEW: Mathis Picard “Live at the Museum” – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here A debut solo piano album recorded live at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem by an interesting pianist who appears to have developed his … Read More
REVIEW: Mathis Picard’s ‘Live at the Museum’ – Bebop Spoken Here
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “A debut solo piano album recorded live at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem by an interesting pianist who appears to have developed his … Read More
REVIEW: Michael Feinberg’s ‘Hard Times’ – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “It shows its roots in the cover versions but there’s energy in those tracks and the originals keep those levels up.” Read the full … Read More
REVIEW: Richard D. Johnson “First Glance” – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Another fine recording from ‘over there‘ by a group of musicians who maybe aren’t household names ‘over here‘ but certainly should be on the … Read More
REVIEW: Sasha Dobson with Peter Bernstein “Girl Talk” – BEBOP SPOKEN HERE
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Another fine vocalist capable of putting her stamp on a good tune and maybe improving a not so good one. Read more here.
REVIEW: Keith Loftis Quartet’s ‘Original State’ – Bebop Spoken Here
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “A belter! Those were words that sprung to mind when Willie Jones III kicked off the opening track (Oak Cliff) followed by a ‘no … Read More
REVIEW: Tim Mayer “Keeper of the Flame” – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here A nicely balanced programme by a band that doesn’t kick the door down when it knows that a cool swinging approach does away with … Read More
REVIEW: Glenn Close & Ted Nash “Transformation” – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here This album is a collection of spoken word and jazz on the theme of transformation, metamorphoses, big changes of all kinds, including the creation … Read More