Give Arturo O’Farrill credit for guts. The 50-something leader-composer of splendid big bands and small ensembles chose to record the first solo piano record of … Read More “Arturo O’Farrill: The Noguchi Sessions”
A live recording from Germany’s Burghausen Festival in 2007, Far Side furthers Roscoe Mitchell’s distinctive mesh of brusque jazz and alert chamber music, spun by … Read More “Roscoe Mitchell and the Note Factory: The Far Side”
This latest chapter in the Basie band legacy leads with a scintillating rendition of “Too Close for Comfort.” On that track, guest vocalist Nnenna Freelon … Read More “Count Basie Orchestra: Swinging, Singing, Playing”
