Steve Feeney

Music Feature: The Best Jazz Albums and Live Shows of 2023

December 20, 2023
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums and live shows.

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May Short Fuses — Materia Critica

May 1, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Music Feature: The Best Jazz Albums of 2022

December 19, 2022
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.

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Jazz Album Review: Satoko Fujii’s “Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams” — Slightly Restrained Mayhem

December 11, 2022
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Pianist/composer Satoko Fujii’s determination to create is astonishing and wide-ranging — her 100 albums as leader prove it.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Trio Discs featuring Tyshawn Sorey and Bill Evans

July 6, 2022
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Percussionist Tryshawn Sorey has released a trio disc of standards that may very well be on my 2022 Best of the Year list and a pair of “new” releases featuring the legendary pianist Bill Evans.

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Arts Feature: Significant Jazz Experiences, 2021

December 26, 2021
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — mainly recordings.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Andrew Cyrille and Amir ElSaffar — Two Restless Spirits

September 3, 2021
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It might seem a stretch to pair drummer Andrew Cyrille’s disc with composer/trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s. But both spent time under the tutelage of the redoubtable Cecil Taylor, and it shows.

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Jazz Album Reviews: William Parker — Blowing Open the Doors of Perception

July 12, 2021
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William Parker, the 69-year-old composer, multi-instrumentalist, author, and all-around presence on the progressive jazz scene churns out challenging music with prolific abandon.

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Jazz Album Reviews: James Brandon Lewis and Vijay Iyer — Discoveries and Searches

May 4, 2021
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New discs from James Brandon Lewis and Vijay Iyer merit serious attention from admirers of improvised music.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Pianists Masabumi Kikuchi and Theo Walentiny — Poetic Solo Flights

April 13, 2021
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Two albums, from a late master and a newbie, are notable additions to the current wave of introspective solo piano excursions.

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