Michael Ullman
Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.
Time has only made the members of this trio more adventurous as well as accomplished.
It’s easy to recommend this new two disc set, where the miracle that was Charlie Parker is on glorious display again and again.
Over the decades, avant-garde jazz musical Henry Threadgill has not only enriched but remade the musical landscape.
Live, the experience of a cosmic rhythm with every stroke is both more intense and more intriguing than on record.
Pianist Vijay Iyer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith produce music that is precise and quietly evocative, peaceful and gently probing.
These live recordings capture Weather Report’s sound during its most celebrated years.
How does one keep a big band together long enough to make such brilliantly evocative sessions as that by Maria Schneider and the others listed here?
According to its web site, TUM operates mainly thanks to volunteers. We should be grateful.
As a soloist, Fred Hersch is a wonder: he plays with an active, to the point of restless, two-handed style that sweeps a listener along with its lyrical fervor.
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