Michael Ullman

Jazz Album Review: “An Evening with Ron Carter and Richard Galliano” — Delightful

July 5, 2023
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The clarity and focus of Ron Carter’s bass is exemplary here, as is the balance with Richard Galliano’s accordion.

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Classical Album Review: Pianist Keith Jarrett and the Music of C.P. E. Bach — A Nice Fit

July 3, 2023
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Keith Jarrett has said that he thinks there is room for C.P.E. Bach recordings on a modern piano. He proves himself right with these 1994 recordings.

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Jazz Album Review: “Thelonious Monk The Classic Quartet” — Remastered

July 1, 2023
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Thelonious Monk can sound like someone skipping (or even tripping) — and yet the swing is there.

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Jazz Album Review: “Multitudes” — A Plethora of Pleasant Acoustic and Electronic Sounds

June 26, 2023
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These pieces integrate the various, varied sounds James Shipp and Nadje Noordhuis produce into something rhythmically as well as melodically exciting and coherent.

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Jazz Album Review: They Must Have Been “hEARoes”

June 23, 2023
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The trio on hEARoes is enthralling; it doesn’t sound like anything I have heard.

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Jazz Album Review: “Drink Plenty Water” — Clifford Jordan’s Swinging Ode to Disruption

June 20, 2023
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I wonder why this fine session was withheld for 49 years. It might be the bitter-sounding texts, or the very fact of vocals in a jazz session.

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Jazz Albums Review: Craft Recordings Reissues — Coltrane, Monk, Davis, Previn, and Vinnegar

June 11, 2023
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As usual with Craft Recordings reissues, these lps are impeccably produced: the silence of the recording before the music starts is almost startling, but it’s the clear sound of what follows that is most impressive.

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Jazz Album Review: Ingrid Laubrock’s “The Last Quiet Place” — Searching for Inner Purpose

March 27, 2023
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The album seems to me to be about spotlighting the ensemble’s sound rather than the virtuoso displays of its leader.

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Jazz Album Review: “Luis Russell — At the Swing Cats Ball”

March 21, 2023
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This collector is happy to have Luis Russell: At the Swing Cats Ball with all its faults.

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Jazz Album Review: Pianist Kenny Barron — Cherish “The Source”

January 30, 2023
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The last time Kenny Barron recorded solo was in 1981. That, besides the quality of the music, is a reason to treasure this album.

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