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01/12/12 Concerts
Julian Lage Trio in Boston, Dec. 31, 2011
A rising star guitarist and his new trio ring in the new year in style
01/09/12 Albums
ConClave Vol. 2
Brian Lynch and Spheres of Influence
Trumpeter Brian Lynch’s latest release with his Spheres of Influence band demonstrates the state of jazz bilingualism. The jazz spheres that influenced Lynch most heavily—straight-ahead hard bop and Latin—are personified in two heroes who employed him early...
12/14/11 Concerts
Miguel Zenón/Vijay Iyer @ Berklee, 12/9/11
A double-bill features two of today's best
11/16/11 Albums
Good Old Light
Dave King Trucking Company
Dave King’s career sounds as ferociously energized as his playing. Best known for his high-octane drumming with the Bad Plus, King also belongs to eight other bands, according to his website. If that weren’t enough, last year he released a solo album of...
11/09/11 Albums
From Sun to Sun
Sam Yahel
Bill Beuttler reviews the new release from keyboardist Sam Yahel, 'From Sun to Sun'
10/30/11 Albums
The Bouncer
Cedar Walton
Bill Beuttler reviews the latest release from piano great Cedar Walton
10/19/11 Albums
Voyager: Live by Night
Eric Harland
Drummer's first album as leader is "fresh, powerful stuff"
10/16/11 Albums
Ninety Miles
Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott
Bring three of jazz’s brightest stars to Havana and pair them with two of Cuba’s best young pianists and their quartets. It took a year to make it happen, but that was the drill for Ninety Miles , the multimedia brainchild of Concord Music Group’s John Burk...
10/13/11 Concerts
Pat Metheny & Larry Grenadier in Boston
Wide-ranging setlist hits "Bright Size Life," Metheny/Mehldau cuts
10/05/11 Albums
David Binney's 'Barefooted Town'
Saxophonist assembles all-star, younger cast for new album
09/30/11 Concerts
Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival 2011
Terri Lyne Carrington, James Farm, Danilo Pérez and Gary Burton highlight this versatile fest
08/30/11 Albums
Woods & Mays
Phil Woods & Bill Mays
When Bill Mays took over the piano chair in the Phil Woods Quintet for the departing Bill Charlap a few years ago, Woods began thinking he and Mays should record a duo album. This past September they spent three hours doing so, and Woods & Mays is the result...
08/26/11 Albums
Legacy
Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Gerald Wilson’s new album, Legacy , is aptly titled. His son Anthony Wilson and grandson Eric Otis each contribute a composition to the project, which is anchored by Wilson’s own seven-part suite Yes Chicago Is… , a celebration of his home through much of...
08/16/11 Albums
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Benny Green
Pianist Benny Green explains in the notes accompanying his new album that it’s his first trio recording as a leader in 10 years. “I just wasn’t motivated to have a band,” he writes, and it’s tempting to think he spent the time sulking, Achilles-like, because...
08/07/11 Albums
Live at Smalls
Bruce Barth Trio
Bruce Barth is a jazzman’s jazzman (and a pianist’s pianist) in much the same way certain authors are known as writer’s writers: much-admired by his peers and the cognoscenti but largely unknown to the wider public. Still, even without the recognition he...
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