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August 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Immanuel Wilkins: Omega

Immanuel Wilkins Omega Blue Note Records I heard Immanuel Wilkins play the fuck out of the alto sax on Joel Ross’ KingMaker record – and that’s one of the best jazz albums I’ve heard in years; one of my favourite records of last year period. So I knew he could play. But I wasn’t quite […]
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August 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Bill Frisell: Valentine

Bill Frisell Valentine Blue Note Records I can’t think of another artist – at least not straight away – where across the last 25 years I have loved everything they’ve released under their own name or as a guest, where I’ve often been anticipating the next thing, waiting with baited breath. Okay, Brian Blade, maybe. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bill Frisell, Bill Frisell: Valentine, Blue Note, Blue Note Records, Jazz, Rudy Royston, Thomas Morgan, Trio, Valentine, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Puss N Boots: Dear Santa…

Puss N Boots Dear Santa… Blue Note The team of Catherine Popper, Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson reunite as Puss N Boots to deliver an EP of Christmas cheer. It works.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Note, Catherine Popper, Christmas, Christmas Music, Dear Santa..., EP, Norah Jones, Puss N Boots, Puss N Boots: Dear Santa..., Sasha Dobson, Xmas, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joel Ross: KingMaker   

Joel Ross  KingMaker  Blue Note  American jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross is just 23 – that’s worth mentioning, worth thinking about when you hear his debut as a leader; its title might seem an arrogant boast at first, but that’s the role he and his instrument play here – setting it all up for the other players to shine. Ross […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Benjamin Tiberio, Blue Note, Good Vibes, Gretchen Parlato, Immanuel Wilkins, Jazz, Jeremy Corren, Jeremy Dutton, Joel Ross, Joel Ross: KingMaker, KingMaker, Vibes, vibrraphone ·

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April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Norah Jones: Begin Again

Norah Jones Begin Again Blue Note Somehow Norah Jones has survived. That might seem a funny thing to say for someone that burst on to the scene with one of the biggest surprise debut hits of the modern era. And has been in favour almost ever since and always…but it took a few years for Jones to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Begin Again, Blue Note, Brian Blade, Jeff Tweedy, Norah Jones, Norah Jones: Begin Again, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

José James: Lean On Me

José James Lean On Me Blue Note (BLU) When he’s not making his own great (original) music José James is the guy you want covering you. His tribute album to Billie Holiday is a gold standard.   And now he gives the Bill Withers catalogue his touch – this is more of a straight reading, a warm tribute, James’ voice close to Withers […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Singer", Album Review, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Blue Note, Covers, Funk, José James, José James: Lean On Me, Lean On Me, Nate Smith, Soul, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band Body and Shadow Blue Note I was first hipped to Brian Blade some 20+ years ago – he was playing with Joni Mitchell so, sure, I might well have liked just about any drummer doing that then, but it didn’t take long to absorb Blade’s amazing approach and unique […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Note, Body And Shadow, Brian Blade, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Body and Shadow, Fellowship Band, Jazz, Mama Rosa, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Tony Allen: A Tribute To Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (ep)

Tony Allen A Tribute To Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (ep) Blue Note Records Originally released as a 10” EP – two tracks per side – this tribute to Art Blakey by Tony Allen is full of magic; for a start it welcomes Allen to Blue Note and has him playing his version of […]
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February 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Ryan Adams: Prisoner

Ryan Adams Prisoner Blue Note The best anyone can want for (and from) Ryan Adams these days is consistency. And he finds it here – perhaps ironically – when contemplating the recent upheaval of a failed marriage. Prisoner, arriving nearly two decades later, is the flip-side, in some ways, to debut solo album Heartbreaker. You […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Note, Bruce Springsteen, Heartbreaker, Love Is Hell, Neil Young, Prisoner, Ryan Adams ·

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August 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson has died. The 75 year old vibraphonist, composer, band-leader and legendary jazz sideman had been battling emphysema across the last few years of his life. There’s every chance Bobby Hutcherson has the title as the greatest jazz vibes player – and I discovered him the best way possible: by fluke. As a young, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bandleader, Blue Note, Bobby Hutcherson, Composer, Eulogy, Jazz, R.I.P., R.I.P. Bobby Hutcherson, Vibes, Vibraphone, Vibraphonist ·

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August 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Terence Blanchard: Breathless

Terence Blanchard Breathless Blue Note Following on from the impressive Magnetic (a career high-point) Blanchard’s Breathless takes a shift toward a new direction but is every bit as good. Here the New Orleans native is supported by the band, E-Collective and it’s a sinewy-funk and groove-based stew that simmers away as Blanchard blows and as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Note, Breathless, E-Collective, Jazz, Magnetic, Terence Blanchard ·

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March 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Glasper Trio: Covered

Robert Glasper Trio Covered: The Robert Glasper Trio Recorded Live at Capitol Studios Blue Note It’s a welcome return to the piano/trio format for Glasper. He’s proved – as guest player (for the likes of Kendrick Lamar) and on his Black Radio releases with The  Robert Glasper Experiment that he can a) do anything and […]
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