Jack Fuller

Life's a Take Roger Kellaway and Red Mitchell (Concord Jazz), Dave McKenna And Gray Sargent (Concord Jazz), Ken Peplowski and Howard Alden (Concord Jazz). These are the first three recordings...

On This Night Archie Shepp (Impulse!). Recorded in 1965, this collection from tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp shows not only his great talent but also his range. On the first cut,...

The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry (Mosaic). Trumpeter Don Cherry in the mid-1960s was, like so many other interesting jazz musicians of the time, searching for a new...

Kurdish Dance New York Trio (Antilles). At first glance, this looks like an example of dread earnestness, the cause-of-the-month club, straight from New York City. But it isn't. The "Kurdish...

Go Together Carla Bley and Steve Swallow (WATT). From the impish cover art to the title, this new CD suggests easy intimacy. The duet music by pianist/composer Carla Bley and...

Body and Soul Grady Tate (Milestone) What a Wonderful World Clark Terry (Red Baron). Two instrumentalists with a minor in voice, drummer Grady Tate and trumpeter Clark Terry also share...

Love Songs Diane Schuur (GRP). Diane Schuur has a sweet, mellow way about a song. And you can hear the gospel influence in her turns. Here she sings standards about...

Gene Harris at Maybeck, Adam Makowicz at Maybeck, Cedar Walton at Maybeck (Concord Jazz). The three most recent additions to the Maybeck Recital Hall Series of solo piano jazz are...

Bye Bye Blackbird Keith Jarrett trio (ECM). The title and cover art make a lovely homage to Miles Davis, with whom pianist Keith Jarrett played briefly. The music does not...

Body and Soul Archie Shepp and Richard Davis (Enja). Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, in the liner notes to this 1989 recording, lists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and John Coltrane as the...