Michael Ullman
Contagious enjoyment is very much the goal of Ken Field’s Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. Mission accomplished.
Read MoreDave Liebman’s band, like its adventurous leader, is more than willing to take a deep dive.
Read MoreCollectors and serious blues fans will want to own this invaluable set.
Read MoreOver a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.
Read MoreCountry for Old Men is surely going to stand as one of the best, as well as among the most unusual, recordings of the year.
Read MoreBen Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Read MoreTime has only made the members of this trio more adventurous as well as accomplished.
Read MoreIt’s easy to recommend this new two disc set, where the miracle that was Charlie Parker is on glorious display again and again.
Read MoreOver the decades, avant-garde jazz musical Henry Threadgill has not only enriched but remade the musical landscape.
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Music Remembrance: Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson — Making the Imagination Run
“When you think about music it’s got to be that way. Just the thrill of being able to play another note, not to win anything or get a trophy.”
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