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Eric Reed: Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions)

The title of Eric Reed’s new album has a double meaning—as in, everybody understands the blues, and everybody feels down from time to time. “Your blues may not be my blues, but everybody gets them,” he writes in the liner notes. True enough, but this album is too joyful for that to be the parting … Read More

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Eric Reed: A Light in Darkness (WJ3)

Eric Reed, a commanding presence on the jazz scene since at least 1990, when he was hired to the piano post in Wynton Marsalis’ band, has always hinted at a deep vein of spirituality in his music, variously expressed in individual pieces as well as in his nods and tributes to Coltrane, Monk and others. … Read More

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Eric Reed: The Adventurous Monk

You could say that Eric Reed has a thing for Monk: The Adventurous Monk is the pianist’s third crack at interpreting the repertoire of his most apparent obsession, following 2011’s The Dancing Monk and the following year’s The Baddest Monk. He’s also placed Monk material on other releases, but Reed has been careful to change … Read More

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Eric Reed: The Baddest Monk

Eric Reed is making a habit of covering Thelonious Monk. A year after releasing The Dancing Monk, the pianist has issued another album of Monk tunes. The Baddest Monk includes seven of the bebop father’s tunes and two Monk-ish originals. In doing so, Reed proves that there is always something new to say about, and … Read More

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Eric Reed: Something Beautiful

Pianist Eric Reed’s ambition for his latest album is right there in the title: to create something beautiful. He succeeds. Something Beautiful is a pristine straight-ahead piano-trio date (with bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Rodney Green) that’s equally thoughtful, playful and moving. If beauty is Reed’s priority, his primary tools for it are swing and … Read More

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Eric Reed: The Dancing Monk

Pianist Eric Reed has a striking, identifiable style that is expressive and swinging yet can also be lyrical or introspective. Whether part of Wynton Marsalis’ band or working with great singers (Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves) and jazz giants (Benny Carter, Clark Terry), Reed’s solos and accompaniment always seem to add a fresh, vital component. On … Read More

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Reviews

Eric Reed: Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions)

Eric Reed: A Light in Darkness (WJ3)

Eric Reed: The Adventurous Monk

Eric Reed: The Baddest Monk

Eric Reed: Something Beautiful

Eric Reed: The Dancing Monk

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