Jazz Articles about Phillip Whack

About Phillip Whack

Album Review

Amber Weekes: To Oscar With Love

Read "To Oscar With Love" reviewed by Jacob Sylvester

by Jacob Sylvester
September 21, 2026

Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Amber Weekes has returned with a remarkable new musical project that showcases her immense talent and deep appreciation for classic American jazz storytelling. To Oscar With Love serves as her fifth album release and continues her tradition of artistic excellence on her own Amber Inn Productions record label. Executive produced by Weekes herself and skillfully produced by Mark Cargill, the record brings together a stellar lineup of talent to honor a true legend of American culture: ...

Album Review

Tony Allen: Jazz Is Dead 18

Read "Jazz Is Dead 18" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
June 24, 2023

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad's Jazz Is Dead continues its mission “to exalt the legacies of iconic musicians who have shaped the fabric of jazz across generations, genres and continents." The label's summer 2023 album features the late great Tony Allen. Jazz Is Dead 18 presents the Nigerian jazz and Afrobeat drum legend, who passed in 2020, alongside multi-instrumentalist Younge and an eight-piece horn section. It is gritty, elemental stuff and should ring the bell of most, if not ...