Reviews

Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia)

Sara Serpa’s new album started out as the soundtrack for a film she assembled to chronicle, and critique, Portuguese nationalism in Angola. The film consists … Read More “Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia)”

Live Review: ECM 50 in New York

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

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Mark Turner/Gary Foster: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (Capri)

The liner notes to this two-CD set do not explain how the meeting came about or why it took 16 years to release its results. … Read More

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Concert Review: Carla Bley and Ethan Iverson at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival

There are any number of Northern California jazz festivals that have been around longer than the one in Healdsburg, but none save the granddaddy of … Read More

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Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson: Temporary Kings (ECM)/Mikkel Ploug & Mark Turner: Faroe (Sunnyside)

Each of these two duet albums features tenor saxophonist Mark Turner working with someone with whom he normally plays in a quartet. In the case … Read More

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Johnathan Blake: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Inspired by jazz luminaries who have recently departed, Johnathan Blake’s second album as a leader explores material by Cedar Walton, Jim Hall, Mulgrew Miller, Paul … Read More

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Mark Turner: Lathe of Heaven

Even cerebral musicians need to connect emotionally with their audiences. Tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, who is as cerebral as they come, struggles with this task … Read More

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Billy Hart/Ethan Iverson/Mark Turner/Ben Street: All Our Reasons

Drummer Billy Hart’s current quartet lineup has been together since 2003, working steadily for most of that time; All Our Reasons, however, is only their … Read More

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Feb 26

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Dick Durham Trio
Rock Hall
Feb 27

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Artifacts Trio: …and Then There’s This
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 28

From 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM PST

Steve Turre: “From Rahsaan Roland Kirk to McCoy Tyner”

Sara Serpa: Recognition: Music for a Silent Film (Biophilia)

Live Review: ECM 50 in New York

Mark Turner/Gary Foster: Mark Turner Meets Gary Foster (Capri)

Concert Review: Carla Bley and Ethan Iverson at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival

Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson: Temporary Kings (ECM)/Mikkel Ploug & Mark Turner: Faroe (Sunnyside)

Johnathan Blake: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Mark Turner: Lathe of Heaven

Billy Hart/Ethan Iverson/Mark Turner/Ben Street: All Our Reasons

10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1970s: Critics’ Picks

The Day Louis Armstrong Lost His Color: A Short Story

Speakin’ My Piece with Dekel Bor

The Changing Nature of Protest in Jazz