Michael Ullman
There are no missteps on this disc. Buster Williams and company make all the complications swing, mightily.
The music and performances on this delightful trio album are blithe and profound, a combination that should charm many listeners.
Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.
One doesn’t have to have gone too deeply into Buddhism to recognize its influence on the titles found here, and perhaps on the music as well.
Indo-Pak Coalition’s energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle — it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.
For poet Philip Levine, music is not only a good thing in life: the good things in life are music.
One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.
Three jazz singers go outside of the Great American Songbook — with entrancing results.
Brian Blade is not only a skillfully discreet: he can be as powerful as any drummer since Elvin Jones.
The late Roswell Rudd tried every sound a trombone could make, all of his efforts marked with a natural musicality.
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