Michael Ullman
The intent of this fine album to dramatize the enduring legacy of Martin Luther King: no justice, no peace.
Read MoreA stirring trio date featuring John Scofield on guitar with Vicente Archer on bass and Bill Stewart on drums.
Read MoreAnna Webber’s latest disc of fascinating arrangements and complex sounds is nothing if not adventurous.
Read MoreListening 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.
Read MoreThese witnesses to history are no longer playing with the fire of their youth, but they exude the confidence, warmth, and sure instincts of veterans.
Read MoreTrumpeter Terell Stafford never seems to be straining; he can be exuberant without sounding brassy.
Read MoreThree re-issued albums reinforce the claim that jazz recordings hit their peak from 1956 to 1964.
Read MoreThe music this band produced was famously challenging: it was also often surprisingly beautiful.
Read MoreLost amid a flood of new music in the early ’70s, the three lps under review here never received their due.
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