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)”
Compassion contains more recent material than other archival releases on the Resonance label. It was recorded in 2007 for broadcast on BBC Radio in the … Read More “Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano: Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane (Resonance)”
Festival concluded with 95th birthday celebration for Candido
So far this year, the great Hank Jones has been an important part of two outstanding archival releases: All My Yesterdays, which captured two 1966 … Read More “Joe Lovano Quartet: Classic! Live at Newport”
An all-star assemblage bops, burns and switches instruments for a good cause in the Hudson Valley
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