Articles by Chris May

1. Aaron Neville
   My True Story
   
   2013-01-14 | 4,102 page views
2. Stuart McCallum
   Distilled Live
   
   2012-12-19 | 1,974 page views
3. Marco Benevento
   TigerFace
   
   2012-09-05 | 8,122 page views
4. Chris McGregor
   In His Good Time
   
   2012-07-30 | 3,331 page views
5. Mose Fan Fan
   Mose Fan Fan: Musicatelama
   
   2012-07-06 | 2,846 page views
6. Traeben
   Push
   
   2012-07-02 | 2,442 page views
7. Ray Charles
   Ray Charles: The Complete ABC Recordings 1959-1961
   
   2012-07-02 | 4,226 page views
8. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
   Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Spirits Up Above - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976
   
   2012-06-14 | 4,725 page views
9. Christian Scott
   Christian Scott: aTunde Adjuah
   
   2012-06-11 | 19,003 page views
10. John Taylor
    John Taylor: Giulia's Thursdays
    
    2012-06-05 | 3,860 page views
11. Astor Piazzolla
    Astor Piazzolla and Manos Hadjidakis: L'Ultime Concert
    
    2012-05-24 | 2,707 page views
12. Dave Stapleton
    Dave Stapleton: Flight
    
    2012-05-01 | 4,622 page views
13. Oriole
    Oriole: Every New Day
    
    2012-04-24 | 2,978 page views
14. Jack Davies
    Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davies Big Band
    
    2012-04-23 | 2,953 page views
15. Indigo Kid
    Indigo Kid: Indigo Kid
    
    2012-04-18 | 6,515 page views
16. Alex Hutton
    Alex Hutton Trio: Legentis
    
    2012-04-12 | 3,195 page views
17. Various Artists
    Various Artists: The Leopard Lounge Box Set
    
    2012-04-06 | 5,325 page views
18. Nino Rota
    Nino Rota: Collector Nino Rota
    
    2012-04-03 | 2,598 page views
19. Eric Bibb
    Eric Bibb: Deeper In The Well
    
    2012-03-02 | 5,674 page views
20. Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong: Satchmo - Ambassador of Jazz
    
    2012-02-28 | 5,592 page views
21. George Duke
    George Duke: The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection
    
    2012-02-27 | 4,170 page views
22. Chico Buarque
    Chico Buarque: Chico - The Definitive Collection 1970 - 1984
    
    2012-02-23 | 4,002 page views
23. Meeco
    Meeco: Beauty of the Night
    
    2012-02-17 | 3,820 page views
24. Ahmad Jamal
    Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon
    
    2012-01-31 | 9,482 page views
25. Josh Arcoleo
    Josh Arcoleo: Beginnings
    
    2012-01-30 | 3,843 page views
26. Charlie Parker
    Charlie Parker: The Complete Masters 1941-54
    
    2012-01-27 | 7,796 page views
27. Zoe Rahman
    Zoe Rahman: Kindred Spirits
    
    2012-01-26 | 4,423 page views
28. Ahmad Jamal
    Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Legendary 1958 Pershing Lounge & Spotlite Club Recordings
    
    2012-01-25 | 4,925 page views
29. Al Kindi
    Al Kindi: Parfums Ottomans
    
    2012-01-04 | 3,159 page views
30. Femi Temowo
    Femi Temowo: Orin Meta
    
    2011-12-29 | 3,784 page views
31. McCoy Tyner
    McCoy Tyner: Extensions
    
    2011-12-13 | 3,909 page views
32. Multiple Artists
    Various Artists: Benin Yoruba Music - Voices Of Memory
    
    2011-12-11 | 3,295 page views
33. Pat Martino
    Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable
    
    2011-12-02 | 4,527 page views
34. Arun Ghosh
    Arun Ghosh: Primal Odyssey
    
    2011-10-21 | 4,630 page views
35. Empirical
    Empirical: Elements Of Truth
    
    2011-10-19 | 3,628 page views
36. Grand Union Orchestra
    Grand Union Orchestra: If Paradise
    
    2011-10-06 | 3,487 page views
37. Aziz Sahmaoui:
    Aziz Sahmaoui: Aziz Sahmaoui & University Of Gnawa
    
    2011-09-29 | 4,394 page views
38. McCormack & Yarde Duo
    McCormack & Yarde Duo: Places And Other Spaces
    
    2011-09-28 | 3,138 page views
39. The Twenty 20s
    The Twenty 20s: Uh! Oh!
    
    2011-09-22 | 2,978 page views
40. Steven Bernstein
    Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra: MTO Plays Sly
    
    2011-09-15 | 5,239 page views
41. Dawda Jobarteh
    Dawda Jobarteh: Northern Light Gambian Night
    
    2011-08-31 | 4,417 page views
42. Jackie Cain & Roy Kral
    Jackie Cain & Roy Kral: A Wilder Alias
    
    2011-08-25 | 4,116 page views
43. Randy Weston
    Randy Weston: Blue Moses
    
    2011-08-24 | 6,690 page views
44. Splashgirl
    Splashgirl: Pressure
    
    2011-08-22 | 6,044 page views
45. Django Bates
    Django Bates: Like Life
    
    2011-08-18 | 5,374 page views
46. Jan Kopinski
    Jan Kopinski's Reflektor: Mirrors
    
    2011-07-26 | 3,881 page views
47. Aram Bajakian
    Aram Bajakian's Kef: New Sounds from the Armenian Diaspora
    
    2011-07-20 | 5,826 page views
48. Goran Kajfes
    Goran Kajfes: X/Y
    
    2011-07-01 | 6,679 page views
49. Billy Jenkins
    Billy Jenkins: Jazz Gives Me The Blues
    
    2011-06-26 | 3,901 page views
50. Sebastian Rochford and Pamelia Kurstin
    Sebastian Rochford & Pamelia Kurstin: Ouch Evil Slow Hop
    
    2011-06-17 | 5,468 page views

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1. Afrobeat Diaries
   EMEFE: Good Future
   
   2013-02-14 | 2,168 page views
2. Live Reviews
   Bassekou Kouyate / Tamikrest / Sidi Toure: London, January 26,...
   
   2013-01-28 | 2,454 page views
3. African Jazz
   Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko
   
   2013-01-14 | 2,374 page views
4. Editor's Choice
   Chris May's Best Releases of 2012
   
   2012-12-20 | 3,756 page views
5. Editor's Choice
   Chris May's Best Jazz Books of 2012
   
   2012-12-16 | 3,182 page views
6. Catching Up With
   Stan Sulzmann: Neon Quartet
   
   2012-10-24 | 7,374 page views
7. Book Reviews
   Bob Willoughby: Jazz - Body and Soul
   
   2012-08-08 | 3,577 page views
8. Book Reviews
   Funny Valentine - The Story of Chet Baker
   
   2012-07-30 | 4,873 page views
9. Catching Up With
   Christian Scott: Shining a Light
   
   2012-06-19 | 5,955 page views
10. Afrobeat Diaries
    Criolo: Nó Na Orelha
    
    2012-06-16 | 2,939 page views
11. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 25 - Ben Zabo: It's a Blinder - But It's Not Afrobeat
    
    2012-05-18 | 2,931 page views
12. Artist Profiles
    Jazz Musicians with Eccentricities
    
    2012-04-01 | 5,366 page views
13. Book Reviews
    Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise - Listening To The Twentieth...
    
    2012-03-25 | 3,144 page views
14. Book Reviews
    John Caps: Henry Mancini - Reinventing Film Music
    
    2012-03-10 | 2,975 page views
15. African Jazz
    Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab and Guinea’s Authenticite...
    
    2012-02-03 | 3,684 page views
16. Catching Up With
    Ahmad Jamal
    
    2012-01-31 | 5,512 page views
17. Book Reviews
    David Kastin: Nica’s Dream - The Life and Legend of the Jazz...
    
    2012-01-06 | 3,103 page views
18. Reassessing
    Charles Lloyd Quartet: Love-In
    
    2011-12-26 | 4,321 page views
19. General Articles
    Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: Jazz Aphorisms
    
    2011-12-23 | 3,014 page views
20. Reassessing
    Clifford Brown: With Strings
    
    2011-12-22 | 3,974 page views
21. My iTunes Playlist
    Charles Gayle: Holiday Selection
    
    2011-12-17 | 2,430 page views
22. Reassessing
    Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
    
    2011-12-15 | 6,644 page views
23. Editor's Choice
    Chris May's Best Releases of 2011
    
    2011-12-12 | 4,513 page views
24. Reassessing
    Pharoah Sanders: Thembi
    
    2011-12-09 | 3,803 page views
25. Reassessing
    Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave
    
    2011-12-08 | 4,792 page views
26. Book Reviews
    Amy C. Beal: Carla Bley
    
    2011-12-04 | 3,073 page views
27. Reassessing
    John Coltrane: Kulu Sé Mama
    
    2011-11-30 | 4,832 page views
28. Reassessing
    Pharoah Sanders, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph: Spirits
    
    2011-11-22 | 3,171 page views
29. Reassessing
    Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling
    
    2011-11-16 | 3,483 page views
30. Multiple Reviews
    Albert Ayler: Knocking On The Door of Astral Jazz
    
    2011-11-07 | 3,844 page views
31. Multiple Reviews
    CTI Celebrates Kudu Legacy: Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Hank...
    
    2011-11-02 | 3,857 page views
32. Multiple Reviews
    Alice Coltrane: The Flowering of Astral Jazz
    
    2011-10-27 | 7,792 page views
33. Multiple Reviews
    Ray Charles: Rare Genius
    
    2011-07-25 | 5,852 page views
34. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 24 - Ghariokwu Lemi: Fela Kuti And Me
    
    2011-07-09 | 9,525 page views
35. Multiple Reviews
    Ornette Coleman & Thelonious Monk: One Revolution After Another
    
    2011-06-22 | 3,968 page views
36. Reassessing
    John and Beverley Martyn: The Road To Ruin
    
    2011-06-10 | 4,812 page views
37. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 23 - Ghariokwu Lemi: The Art of Afrobeat
    
    2011-05-11 | 6,397 page views
38. African Jazz
    Owiny Sigoma Band: Rising From The East
    
    2011-05-01 | 3,260 page views
39. Book Reviews
    Music Is Rapid Transportation...From The Beatles To Xenakis
    
    2011-04-08 | 4,859 page views
40. Book Reviews
    Dashiki
    
    2011-03-28 | 5,794 page views
41. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 22 - Seun Kuti and Brian Eno Take Afrobeat Forward
    
    2011-03-26 | 5,084 page views
42. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 21 - Final Fela Kuti Masterpieces Reissued
    
    2011-03-12 | 12,019 page views
43. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 19 - Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band: Live
    
    2011-02-18 | 3,287 page views
44. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 18 - Seun Kuti talks about From Africa With Fury: Rise
    
    2011-02-12 | 7,355 page views
45. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 17 - Dele Sosimi: Identity
    
    2011-02-06 | 4,370 page views
46. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 16 - Dele Sosimi: Turbulent Times
    
    2011-01-21 | 4,111 page views
47. Editor's Choice
    Chris May's Best Releases of 2010
    
    2010-12-24 | 5,207 page views
48. Record Label Profiles
    Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz
    
    2010-12-22 | 10,784 page views
49. African Jazz
    Compilations: Doing The Right Thing
    
    2010-12-05 | 6,555 page views
50. Afrobeat Diaries
    Part 15 - Femi Kuti: Africa For Africa / Antibalas: Who Is This...
    
    2010-12-01 | 5,819 page views

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   Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums
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2. Extended Analysis
   Africa: 50 Years of Music - 50 Years of Independence
   2010-08-20 | 24,474 page views
3. CD/LP/Track Review
   Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
   2010-01-25 | 19,143 page views
4. Extended Analysis
   Christian Scott: aTunde Adjuah
   2012-06-11 | 19,003 page views
5. CD/LP/Track Review
   Joshua Redman: Compass
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6. CD/LP/Track Review
   Max Roach: We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
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7. CD/LP/Track Review
   Various Artists: London Is The Place For Me 2
   2005-07-24 | 17,072 page views
8. Extended Analysis
   John Coltrane: Side Steps
   2009-10-16 | 16,693 page views
9. CD/LP/Track Review
   Polar Bear: Held On The Tips Of Fingers
   2005-03-24 | 16,425 page views
10. African Jazz
    Liberation Music: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Zambia
    2007-03-13 | 16,010 page views
11. Extended Analysis
    John Coltrane: The Impulse! Albums - Volume Three
    2009-01-21 | 15,522 page views
12. CD/LP/Track Review
    The Johnny Smith Quintet: Moonlight In Vermont
    2004-07-24 | 15,203 page views
13. Interviews
    Ingrid Laubrock: Playing with the Future
    2005-08-15 | 14,797 page views
14. Extended Analysis
    Charlie Christian: The Original Guitar Genius
    2007-03-21 | 14,753 page views
15. CD/LP/Track Review
    Jim Rattigan: Jazz French Horn
    2005-04-24 | 14,625 page views
16. African Jazz
    Tony Allen: Secret Agent
    2009-05-25 | 14,574 page views
17. CD/LP/Track Review
    Charlie Haden Quartet West: Sophisticated Ladies
    2010-11-30 | 13,865 page views
18. Extended Analysis
    Kenny Clarke: Klook's The Man
    2007-04-18 | 13,861 page views
19. African Jazz
    Franco and Le TPOK Jazz: Francophonic - Africa's Greatest - A Retrospective - Vol. 1 1953 - 1980
    2009-01-07 | 13,695 page views
20. Live Reviews
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    2005-07-11 | 13,392 page views
21. CD/LP/Track Review
    Moondog: The Viking Of Sixth Avenue
    2005-10-18 | 13,389 page views
22. CD/LP/Track Review
    Pat Metheny: Day Trip
    2008-01-22 | 13,266 page views
23. Multiple Reviews
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    2010-05-17 | 13,175 page views
24. Multiple Reviews
    Chucho Valdes And The Birth Of Irakere
    2007-05-01 | 13,040 page views
25. Extended Analysis
    Miles Davis: Previously Unreleased 1980s Recordings
    2010-10-25 | 12,978 page views
26. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2008-11-02 | 12,813 page views
27. Live Reviews
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    2004-11-03 | 12,800 page views
28. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2006-01-15 | 12,611 page views
29. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2009-10-09 | 12,432 page views
30. African Jazz
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    2007-03-28 | 12,105 page views
31. Extended Analysis
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    2008-07-04 | 12,071 page views
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33. Multiple Reviews
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    2006-07-30 | 11,897 page views
34. Interviews
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    2008-07-14 | 11,757 page views
35. Afrobeat Diaries
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36. Extended Analysis
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37. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2006-01-31 | 11,567 page views
38. Extended Analysis
    Getatchew Mekurya: Negus Of Ethiopian Sax
    2007-09-28 | 11,467 page views
39. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2008-05-06 | 11,290 page views
40. Interviews
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    2008-09-15 | 11,265 page views
41. CD/LP/Track Review
    Cassandra Wilson: Loverly
    2008-06-04 | 11,247 page views
42. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2005-10-22 | 11,222 page views
43. African Jazz
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    2007-07-29 | 11,074 page views
44. Live Reviews
    Grand Union Bangla Band: Live At The Spitz, London, 21 July '05
    2005-07-29 | 11,026 page views
45. Extended Analysis
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    2007-08-30 | 10,945 page views
46. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2010-07-05 | 10,940 page views
47. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2006-03-06 | 10,937 page views
48. Record Label Profiles
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    2010-12-22 | 10,784 page views
49. Extended Analysis
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    2008-07-01 | 10,744 page views
50. CD/LP/Track Review
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    2009-01-06 | 10,726 page views