Jon Garelick
The relaxed intensity of the band was apparent from the get-go.
“Listening to Prestige” can be read as a kind of post-literate anti-Spotify. And, lo and behold, it’s true jazz history.
Reviews of live performances by bands led by flutist and composer Jamie Baum and saxophonist Miguel Zenón.
Looks at new music from Joel Ross, Al Foster, John Vanore & Abstract Truth, Tomeka Reid Quartet, and John Ellis & Double Wide.
Along with its slew of images — photos, sketches, and ephemera as well as album covers — WAIL offers what amounts to a compelling oral history of the mid-century explosion, not only of recorded jazz but of graphic design and, by extension, a burgeoning New York cultural scene.
Welcome back! The second half-life of the Either/Orchestra.
New albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.
An occasional feature that looks at current jazz albums of interest.
At 85, Herbie Hancock can still funk it up.
Gigs by superb bands led by Mary Halvorson and Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol at the Regattabar.
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