Mark Keresman

The problem with some contemporary examples of freely improvised music is that the genre has achieved its own level of orthodoxy. If one is blessed/cursed … Read More “Borah Bergman, Lol Coxhill, Paul Hession: Acts of Love”

The 87-year-old pianist Marian McPartland excels in contexts most musicians of her generation would likely have nothing to do with. Piano Jazz, her long-running program … Read More “Marian McPartland/Steely Dan: Piano Jazz”