Chicago Tribune: Best Jazz Recordings of 2020

“The “hero” of the title is not alto saxophonist Mahanthappa but the musicians he’s saluting: Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz and Ornette Coleman. Yet works by these musicians, or associated with them, bear Mahanthappa’s imprint, thanks to the ferocity of his tone and the speed and acuity of his technique. Joined by…”