Articles by Chris May
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Village of the Sun feat. Binker & Moses
Village of the Sun / Ted -
Jon Hassell / Farafina
Flash Of The Spirit -
Elliot Galvin
Live In Paris At Fondation Louis Vuitton -
Leon Thomas
Spirits Known And Unknown -
Alice Coltrane
Carnegie Hall '71 -
Yazz Ahmed
Polyhymnia -
Blue Note All Stars
Our Point Of View -
Piotr Damasiewicz & Power Of The Horns Ensemble
Polska -
The Darius Brubeck Quartet
Live In Poland -
Buddy Rich
Just In Time: The Final Recording -
The Calle Stenman Quintet
Mr Sands Is In The Dressing Room -
Ryan Porter
Force For Good -
Lyder Øvreås Røed
The Moon Doesn't Drink -
Ahmad Jamal
Trio & Quintet Recordings With Ray Crawford -
Rastko Obradovic Quartet
The Northern Experience -
Levitation Orchestra
Inexpressible Infinity -
Woody Shaw
At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall: Vol. 1: Hamburg 1979 -
Sean Khan
Distant Voice -
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 -
Lookout Farm
At Onkel Po's Carnegie Hall: Hamburg 1975 -
Tribe
Hometown: Detroit Sessions 1990 - 2014 -
Jean Toussaint
Live At The Jazz Cafe 091218 -
Cheik Tidiane Seck
Timbuktu: The Music of Randy Weston -
Saxophone Summit
Street Talk -
Abdullah Ibrahim
Dream Time -
Dave O'Higgins & Rob Luft
Plays Monk & Trane -
Joe Armon-Jones
Turn To Clear View -
Binker Golding
Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers -
Nat Birchall
The Storyteller: A Musical Tribute To Yusef Lateef -
Pharoah Sanders
Live At Antibes Jazz Festival Juan-Les-Pins -
Nicola Conte
Other Directions -
Quentin Collins Sextet
Road Warrior -
Paul Booth
Travel Sketches -
Donald Byrd
Ethiopian Knights -
Marion Brown
Capricorn Moon To Juba Lee Revisited -
Albert Ayler
Quartets 1964: Spirits To Ghosts Revisited -
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Pharoah Sanders
The Trance Of Seven Colors -
Various Artists
Sunny Side Up -
Mark Kavuma
The Banger Factory -
Nerija
Blume -
Jon Batiste
Anatomy of Angels -
Vin Gordon
African Shores -
Nat Birchall
Obeah Man -
Emanative & Phil Ranelin
Vibes From The Tribe -
Stan Getz
Getz At The Gate -
Bobbi Humphrey
Blacks And Blues -
Alice Coltrane
Live At The Berkeley Community Theater 1972 -
Horace Tapscott
The Dark Tree -
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Balance -
Sara Correia
Sara Correia
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Published: 2019-12-21Book Reviews
Black Case Volume 1 & 11: Return From Exile -
Published: 2019-12-07
Year in Review
Chris May's Best Releases of 2019 -
Published: 2019-11-30Live Reviews
Yazz Ahmed & The Guildhall Jazz Orchestra -
Published: 2019-11-25Live Reviews
Art Ensemble of Chicago 50th Anniversary -
Published: 2019-11-21Film Reviews
Blue Note Records Beyond The Notes -
Published: 2019-10-05Live Reviews
Edward Burra, Aaron Douglas: Into The Night: Cabarets and Clubs... -
Published: 2019-09-15Live Reviews
Respect to Aretha at Barbican Hall -
Published: 2019-08-19Live Reviews
Dwight Trible at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club -
Published: 2019-07-28Live Reviews
Mark Kavuma: Celebrating Lee Krasner: Living Colour &... -
Published: 2019-07-25Profiles
WOKE JAZZ: The Fast-Forward Evolution of British Jazz -
Published: 2019-07-12Live Reviews
Steve Williamson & Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Celebrating... -
Published: 2019-05-28Live Reviews
Binker Golding Quartet and Denys Baptiste Quartet at the London... -
Published: 2019-05-15Live Reviews
Electronic Explorations in Afro-Cuban and UK Jazz -
Published: 2018-12-16Year in Review
Chris May's Best Releases of 2018 -
Published: 2018-09-15Live Reviews
Binker & Moses At London's Jazz Cafe -
Published: 2013-12-22
Afrobeat Diaries
Felabration 2013 -
Published: 2013-05-29
Afrobeat Diaries
Saluting the Black President: London, UK, May 17, 2013 -
Published: 2013-02-14Afrobeat Diaries
EMEFE: Good Future -
Published: 2013-01-28Live Reviews
Bassekou Kouyate / Tamikrest / Sidi Toure: London, January 26,... -
Published: 2013-01-14African Jazz
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko -
Published: 2012-12-20Year in Review
Chris May's Best Releases of 2012 -
Published: 2012-12-16Year in Review
Chris May's Best Jazz Books of 2012 -
Published: 2012-10-24Catching Up With
Stan Sulzmann: Neon Quartet -
Published: 2012-08-08Book Reviews
Bob Willoughby: Jazz - Body and Soul -
Published: 2012-07-30
Book Reviews
Funny Valentine - The Story of Chet Baker -
Published: 2012-06-19Catching Up With
Christian Scott: Shining a Light -
Published: 2012-06-16Afrobeat Diaries
Criolo: Nó Na Orelha -
Published: 2012-05-18Afrobeat Diaries
Part 25 - Ben Zabo: It's a Blinder - But It's Not Afrobeat -
Published: 2012-04-01Profiles
Jazz Musicians with Eccentricities -
Published: 2012-03-25Book Reviews
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise - Listening To The Twentieth... -
Published: 2012-03-10Book Reviews
John Caps: Henry Mancini - Reinventing Film Music -
Published: 2012-02-03African Jazz
Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab and Guinea’s Authenticite... -
Published: 2012-01-31Catching Up With
Ahmad Jamal -
Published: 2012-01-06Book Reviews
David Kastin: Nica’s Dream - The Life and Legend of the Jazz... -
Published: 2011-12-26Reassessing
Charles Lloyd Quartet: Love-In -
Published: 2011-12-23Just For Fun
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: Jazz Aphorisms -
Published: 2011-12-22Reassessing
Clifford Brown: With Strings -
Published: 2011-12-17Radio
Charles Gayle: Holiday Selection -
Published: 2011-12-15Reassessing
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out -
Published: 2011-12-12Year in Review
Chris May's Best Releases of 2011 -
Published: 2011-12-09Reassessing
Pharoah Sanders: Thembi -
Published: 2011-12-08Reassessing
Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave -
Published: 2011-12-04Book Reviews
Amy C. Beal: Carla Bley -
Published: 2011-11-30Reassessing
John Coltrane: Kulu Sé Mama -
Published: 2011-11-22Reassessing
Pharoah Sanders, Hamid Drake, Adam Rudolph: Spirits -
Published: 2011-11-16Reassessing
Lonnie Liston Smith: Astral Traveling -
Published: 2011-11-07Multiple Reviews
Albert Ayler: Knocking On The Door of Astral Jazz -
Published: 2011-11-02Multiple Reviews
CTI Celebrates Kudu Legacy: Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Hank... -
Published: 2011-10-27Multiple Reviews
Alice Coltrane: The Flowering of Astral Jazz -
Published: 2011-07-25Multiple Reviews
Ray Charles: Rare Genius
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Album Reviews
Wild Card: Beast From The East
Publish Day: 24
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Album Reviews
Marcos Valle: Braziliance!
Publish Day: 31
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Published: 2008-11-11Extended Analysis
Stan Getz: Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums -
Published: 2010-08-20Extended Analysis
Various Artists: Africa: 50 Years of Music - 50 Years of Independence -
Published: 2010-03-29Extended Analysis
Ray Charles: Ray Charles: Original Album Series -
Published: 2009-10-25African Jazz
Franco & Le TPOK Jazz: Francophonic 2: Africa's Greatest: A Retrospective: Vol.2: 1980 - 1989 -
Published: 2010-06-01African Jazz
Senegal's Etoile de Dakar featuring Youssou N'Dour and south London's Yaaba Funk -
Published: 2010-12-05African Jazz
Compilations: Doing The Right Thing -
Published: 2009-05-25African Jazz
Tony Allen: Secret Agent -
Published: 2018-02-21Album Reviews
Sons of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile -
Published: 2011-12-15
Reassessing
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out -
Published: 2009-04-09African Jazz
The Rail Band: Belle Epoque Vol. 3 - Dioba -
Published: 2012-06-11
Extended Analysis
Christian Scott: Christian Scott: aTunde Adjuah -
Published: 2007-10-08Album Reviews
Max Roach: We Insist! Freedom Now Suite -
Published: 2019-07-25
Profiles
WOKE JAZZ: The Fast-Forward Evolution of British Jazz -
Published: 2009-10-16Extended Analysis
John Coltrane: John Coltrane: Side Steps -
Published: 2010-01-25Album Reviews
Christian Scott: Yesterday You Said Tomorrow -
Published: 2011-03-12Afrobeat Diaries
Part 21 - Final Fela Kuti Masterpieces Reissued -
Published: 2008-07-04Extended Analysis
Grant Green: Grant Green: Idle Moments -
Published: 2009-01-07African Jazz
Franco and Le TPOK Jazz: Francophonic - Africa's Greatest - A Retrospective - Vol. 1 1953 - 1980 -
Published: 2009-01-05Album Reviews
Joshua Redman: Compass -
Published: 2011-07-09Afrobeat Diaries
Part 24 - Ghariokwu Lemi: Fela Kuti And Me -
Published: 2011-12-08
Reassessing
Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave -
Published: 2009-10-01Album Reviews
Various Artists: Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae -
Published: 2009-01-21Extended Analysis
John Coltrane: John Coltrane: The Impulse! Albums - Volume Three -
Published: 2010-09-29African Jazz
The Majestic “Return” of King Sunny Ade & His African Beats -
Published: 2009-09-04Afrobeat Diaries
Part 2 - Fela Anikulapo Kuti and the sack of Kalakuta Republic -
Published: 2010-11-30Album Reviews
Charlie Haden Quartet West: Sophisticated Ladies -
Published: 2005-08-15Interviews
Ingrid Laubrock: Playing with the Future -
Published: 2018-02-20Album Reviews
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse -
Published: 2009-08-25Afrobeat Diaries
Part 1 - Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70: Alagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey Suffer -
Published: 2010-12-22Record Label Profiles
Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz -
Published: 2008-07-01Extended Analysis
Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah Sanders: Tauhid -
Published: 2007-09-28Extended Analysis
Getatchew Mekurya: Getatchew Mekurya: Negus Of Ethiopian Sax -
Published: 2011-10-27
Multiple Reviews
Alice Coltrane: The Flowering of Astral Jazz -
Published: 2018-03-28Album Reviews
Toshio Matsuura Group: Loveplaydance: 8 Scenes From The Floor -
Published: 2018-04-03
Album Reviews
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: An Angel Fell -
Published: 2008-10-25Album Reviews
Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery -
Published: 2018-02-24Album Reviews
Various Artists: We Out Here -
Published: 2011-12-23
Just For Fun
Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: Jazz Aphorisms -
Published: 2007-08-16Album Reviews
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things: Coltrane Live At Newport -
Published: 2007-04-18Extended Analysis
Kenny Clarke: Kenny Clarke: Klook's The Man -
Published: 2012-01-31Extended Analysis
Ahmad Jamal: Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon -
Published: 2010-01-28African Jazz
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: I Speak Fula -
Published: 2005-03-24Album Reviews
Polar Bear: Held On The Tips Of Fingers -
Published: 2012-04-01
Profiles
Jazz Musicians with Eccentricities -
Published: 2009-02-28African Jazz
Oumou Sangare: A New Masterpiece from Mali -
Published: 2010-07-13Interviews
Nat Birchall: Alone In The Music -
Published: 2018-03-19Album Reviews
Sun Ra: Exotica -
Published: 2006-06-15Album Reviews
Gil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions -
Published: 2011-04-24Album Reviews
Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music -
Published: 2008-07-14Interviews
Django Bates: Spring Is Here (A Long Time Coming But Worth The Wait)
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