Michael Ullman
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.
With the galvanic addition of Joshua Redman, The Bad Plus is now made up of four intense virtuosos.
trumpeter–composer Mark Harvey’s imaginative conducting made the pieces work together in fascinating ways.
Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975 has its drawbacks, but I wouldn’t want to be without this four-disc collection
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