Reviews

Todd Marcus: Trio+ (Stricker Street)

Todd Marcus, one of the few bass clarinetists in modern jazz, has almost made a point of understating his skill as a player throughout his … Read More

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Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio: Outliers (Papillon Sounds)

In a perfect world, critics would always hear a band live, playing music from their new record, right before sitting down with the record to … Read More

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John Pizzarelli Trio: For Centennial Reasons: 100 Year Salute to Nat King Cole (Ghostlight)

When guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli last paid tribute to his primary musical inspiration with 1999’s P.S. Mr. Cole, he was in his late thirties, and Nat … Read More

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Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny (Rune Grammafon)

The belching, blues-rock mongrel that is the Hedvig Mollestad Trio could emanate only from the Scandinavian music scene and only in this particular time, when … Read More

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Giovanni Mirabassi Trio: Summer’s Gone (CamJazz)

Paris-based pianist Giovanni Mirabassi has been recording since the mid-1990s, his output including tributes to Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, and Serge Gainsbourg, as well as … Read More

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Russ Lossing: Changes (SteepleChase)

Russ Lossing’s career is centered on writing and playing his own music, but he’s intermittently addressed our ever-growing jazz canon with the kind of insight that … Read More

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Kelly Green Trio: Volume One (KG Music)

The Kelly Green Trio opens its debut album, Volume One, with an almost 10-minute rendition of the Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer chestnut “I’m Old-Fashioned” that establishes … Read More

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Steve Kuhn Trio: To and From the Heart (Sunnyside)

We don’t necessarily need a reminder about pianist Steve Kuhn’s eminence in the trio domain; his work in that realm has been well-documented and greatly … Read More

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Bill Stewart: Band Menu (self-released)

For his 11th release, drummer/composer Bill Stewart joins tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III and bassist Larry Grenadier on the ironically titled Band Menu. The literal … Read More

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Josh Sinton’s Predicate Trio: making bones, taking draughts, bearing unstable millstones pridefully, idiotically, prosaically (Iluso)

Baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist Josh Sinton—a steady presence in Brooklyn’s avant-garde jazz scene since the early 1990s—caused a bit of a ripple recently when … Read More

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Apr 22

From 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT

Guitarist Stephane Wrembel Performs Django Reinhardt
Apr 6 - May 25

From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Flushing Town Hall Presents Jazz 101
Flushing, New York
Apr 24

From 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM EDT

John Scofield
Ridgefield, Connecticut