Jazz

Jazz Album Reviews: Winners from Roy McGrath, Chembo Corniel, and Big Band Leaders Marcos Fernández and Arturo O’Farrill

October 2, 2023
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Big band leader Arturo O’Farrill points out that “Santiago Brooklyn Santiago” makes a forceful argument that the embargo between Cuba and the United States should be done away with.

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Jazz Concert Review: The Walter Smith III Quintet, Live at the Regattabar

September 18, 2023
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The Regattabar, located in the Charles Hotel, re-opened after being shuttered for three years following the Covid epidemic.

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Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo –“El Arte del Bolero, Volume Two”

September 16, 2023
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Listening to the superb “El Arte Del Bolero, Volume Two,” I feel that these are two masters who, while recalling their various ancestries, are talking to me.

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Jazz Album Review: Eddie Henderson’s “Witness to History” — Veteran Talents

September 14, 2023
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These witnesses to history are no longer playing with the fire of their youth, but they exude the confidence, warmth, and sure instincts of veterans.

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Jazz Album Review: Terell Stafford’s “Between Two Worlds” — A Spirited Rejoinder

September 11, 2023
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford never seems to be straining; he can be exuberant without sounding brassy.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis — Top of the Crop

September 4, 2023
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September releases from Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis are sure to be among the best jazz albums of the year.

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Jazz Album Review: A Creative “Synergy—Bobby Kapp Plays the Music of Richard Sussman”

September 1, 2023
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The arrangements seem to emerge organically from the structure and feel of the compositions and harmonies, like leaves unfolding from the stem of an exotic plant.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Three from the Golden Age of Jazz Recording

August 30, 2023
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Three re-issued albums reinforce the claim that jazz recordings hit their peak from 1956 to 1964.

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Jazz Album Review: System 6 Goes Outside and Inside, Splendidly

August 11, 2023
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System 6 is an adventurous contemporary ensemble whose music will appeal to lovers of the free jazz movement of the ’60s.

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Jazz Concert Review: Newport Jazz Fest 2023 — Changing Parameters

August 8, 2023
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Sunday arguably offered the jazz festival’s most impressive lineup. The star of the day turned out to be singer Samara Joy.

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