John Gilbreath, executive director of Earshot Jazz, walked to the microphone on opening night to introduce the first concert of the 33rd Earshot Jazz Festival. … Read More “The 33rd Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle”
SoundPrints is tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas, along with pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Joey Baron. This … Read More “SoundPrints: Other Worlds (Greenleaf)”
Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, and Michal Miskiewicz first got noticed in 2002, when they debuted as Tomasz Stanko’s rhythm section on his ECM album Soul … Read More “Marcin Wasilewski Trio/Joe Lovano: Arctic Riff (ECM)”
To say that there is a single ECM Records sound is to oversimplify a catalog that now encompasses more than 1,600 albums. One suspects that … Read More “Live Review: ECM 50 in New York”
Although they’d played a handful of gigs together decades ago, Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava and American saxophonist Joe Lovano hadn’t undergone a proper co-leader tour … Read More “Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano: Roma (ECM)”
“Reunion” was the watchword for the 40th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, which welcomed back five of its former artists-in-residence for the occasion. But one unwelcome … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Detroit Jazz Festival”
Joe Lovano’s first album as a leader on ECM introduces a new trio. Marilyn Crispell is a pianist from the jazz avant-garde. Her background is … Read More “Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry (ECM)”
During his appearance at Winter Jazzfest 2017, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings implored the audience that “We need new songs, new hymns, new myths.” Uplift, the latest … Read More “Dave Douglas: Uplift (Greenleaf)”
The Art Ensemble of Chicago in full cry, especially on a 50th-anniversary tour, is a powerful way to kick off a jazz festival. That said, … Read More “Live Review: 2018 JazzMi Jazz Festival”
In a press release, Dave Douglas lays out the reasoning behind the title of this second Sound Prints album, Scandal. “We’re not playing by the … Read More “Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas/Sound Prints: Scandal (Greenleaf)”
