Michael Ullman

Jazz Concert Review: The Charles Lloyd New Quartet — Of Sound and Silence

March 22, 2013
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It turns out that it was more than just a rumor that saxophonist Charles Lloyd spent some of the ’70s playing with The Beach Boys.

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Fuse Jazz Review: Terri Lyne Carrington Takes on the “Money Jungle”

February 15, 2013
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No one would say that Terri Lyne Carrington’s versions of Ellington’s pieces are definitive, but they extend the legendary composer’s legacy in a personal and significant way.

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Jazz Review: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour — A Band of Virtuosic Veterans

February 2, 2013
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Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater’s exuberance proved contagious in this performance featuring a remarkable group of jazz all-stars under the genial direction of bassist Christian McBride.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Jazzhaus Ascendant

December 23, 2012
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We should look forward, eagerly, to hearing more lost, or previously issued music, from Jazzhaus. And be grateful to the European public for supporting these concerts and broadcasts.

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Fuse Jazz Review: The Dean of Latin Jazz Comes to Boston

December 1, 2012
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Chucho Valdés moved almost seamlessly from African-Cuban rhythms and chants in Yoruba or Spanish to a hip modern jazz style. The latter, paradoxically, owes much to the brilliant runs and glissandi of Art Tatum, the bluesiness of Horace Silver, and the power of the left hand chords of McCoy Tyner.

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Jazz Review: Jason Moran and Bandwagon Roll into Worcester, MA

November 13, 2012
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In any piece, the remarkable pianist Jason Moran might go to the very edges of the harmonic movement, until he on the verge of free jazz.

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Jazz Review: At MIT, Jazz Musician Don Byron Does Gospel Right

October 30, 2012
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Jazz musician Don Byron is nothing if not eclectic, but his own playing is always penetrating, challenging, energizing, and his compositions vehicles for both intense exploration and tenderness.

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Fuse Jazz Review: Chick Corea and Gary Burton Set Off A Fiery “Hot House”

October 23, 2012
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Chick Corea and Gary Burton were celebrating their recent disc, “Hot House,” which they said was meant to recall the sixties, when the two were starting their careers. But the sixties were never quite like this.

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Jazz Review: Eliane Elias/ Marc Johnson – “Swept Away” at Sculler’s

October 7, 2012
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Intimacy has been the key note of bossa nova performance ever since the initial murmurings of Joao and Astrud Gilberto, and singer Eliane Elias can whisper with the best of them.

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Jazz Performance/CD Review: The Ralph Peterson Fo-tet

September 19, 2012
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Ralph Peterson is interested in furthering a complex, post-bop legacy. His music can be hard to count: it’s also rip-roaring fun.

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