Josef Woodard
Josef’s Contributions
07/15/10 Concerts
Review of 2010 Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Josef Woodard reports from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival
06/19/10 Concerts
Review of Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
Josef Woodard reports on festival held in Morocco
June 2010 Albums
Jasmine
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden
For 30-odd years, piano Prometheus Keith Jarrett has done his musical bidding and exploring in self-limited settings, most often either in his “Standards” trio with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, or—with greater regularity of late—solo. That alone makes...
04/09/10 Albums
Brad Mehldau: Highway Rider
Josef Woodard reviews new 2-CD set from Brad Mehldau, produced by Jon Brion
03/10/10 Albums
Fabula Suite Lugano
Christian Wallumrod Ensemble
Among the ranks of the important new wave of Norwegian jazz musicians sparking up the international scene, pianist-composer-bandleader Christian Wallumrød is one of the most fascinating and least easily categorized. More to the point, part of the fascination...
March 2010 Albums
Three Worlds
James Weidman
Pianist James Weidman calls his new album Three Worlds in reference to the variety of contexts brought together on the disc—a quintet with trombonist Ray Anderson and clarinetist/alto saxophonist Marty Ehrlich on the frontline, a mellower quartet with vibraphonist...
02/25/10 Albums
Pan Atlantic
Bobby Previte
The quintessential downtown/bandleader drummer taps into Euro talent
January/February 2010 Albums
Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Quartet
While there is no disputing the hegemony of New York City as jazz’s artistic epicenter, some of the music’s stronger enabling forces have bases far away from Gotham. Take, for instance, the examples put forth on two of the finer jazz albums this year, the...
January/February 2010 Albums
Live 2009
SFJazz Collective
While there is no disputing the hegemony of New York City as jazz’s artistic epicenter, some of the music’s stronger enabling forces have bases far away from Gotham. Take, for instance, the examples put forth on two of the finer jazz albums this year, the...
12/18/09 Concerts
Charlie Haden Family & Friends
The legendary bassist gets back to his Rambling Boy roots at L.A.'s Disney Hall
11/26/09 Concerts
JazzFest Berlin
Blue Note tributes, European masters impress at this Nils Landgren-programmed fest
November 2009 Albums
Think Free
Ben Allison
Josef Woodard looks at how Ben Allison's newest combines pop and jazz sensibilities.
November 2009 Albums
Double Booked
Robert Glasper
Formidable pianist Robert Glasper joins the ranks of jazz bandleaders and project-makers, alongside Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Stefon Harris and others, who deftly juggle acoustic “mainstream” jazz with more plugged-in and groove-lined sounds. But...
November 2009 Albums
Emergence
Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove thinks big (band) on latest. Critic Josef Woodard approves.
November 2009 Albums
Esta Plena
Miguel Zenon
Fresh off of garnering his mantelpiece-polishing Guggenheim and MacArthur awards, alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón gets back down to the business of making some serious music. No, what we hear on Zenón’s impressive new project isn’t steeped in...
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ReportAbout Josef Woodard
Josef Woodard has covered jazz for JazzTimes and other magazines since the late 1980s, classical/contemporary music for the Los Angeles Times since 1993, opera for Opera Now, and pop and jazz for Rolling Stone, among countless other associations. At the moment, he is working on a book on Charles Lloyd. Also a guitarist, songwriter, co-owner of the 20-year-old Household Ink Records label (householdink.com) and general “situationist,” Woodard tries to maintain a balance between looking at music from the outside and burrowing into creative machinery.