enA belated celebration of Kuumbwa’s 45th anniversary! Artemis is an international all-star group featuring six of the top performers on the jazz scene today: pianist … Read More “Kuumbwa Jazz Anniversary Concert featuring Artemis at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz”
Blue Note Records has long had a predilection for herding its star players of the day into a studio and seeing what emerges. The resultant … Read More “Artemis: Artemis (Blue Note)”
Few musical ploys are as riveting as intricacy, especially when the ensemble at hand is sizable. But without a wealth of eloquence in play, elaboration … Read More “Anat Cohen Tentet: Triple Helix (Anzic)”
The 15th annual DC Jazz Festival marked the full maturation of an event that began in 2004 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; it’s been … Read More “Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019”
The world of legitimate jazz does not have many stars. Anat Cohen is one. Her high visibility began in 2007 with Noir, a lush large-ensemble … Read More “Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song (Anzic)”
In its 21st year, the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival has grown from an informal gathering at founder Lorenzo Sancassani’s beachfront pizza joint into a sprawling, … Read More “Live Review: Dominican Republic Jazz Festival”
Clarinetist Anat Cohen continues her fertile embrace of Brazilian music on this pair of simultaneously released records. As with Alegria Da Casa, her 2015 debut … Read More “Anat Cohen – Two New Albums on Anzic”
Anat Cohen has always loved Brazil’s music, and her seventh disc, Luminosa, goes deep down that rabbit hole. The Israeli multireedist’s quartet (keyboardist Jason Lindner, … Read More “Anat Cohen: Luminosa”
The multi-reedist pays homage to Goodman and the rest at the legendary club
