Michael Ullman
A stirring trio date featuring John Scofield on guitar with Vicente Archer on bass and Bill Stewart on drums.
Anna Webber’s latest disc of fascinating arrangements and complex sounds is nothing if not adventurous.
The Regattabar, located in the Charles Hotel, re-opened after being shuttered for three years following the Covid epidemic.
Listening 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.
These witnesses to history are no longer playing with the fire of their youth, but they exude the confidence, warmth, and sure instincts of veterans.
Trumpeter Terell Stafford never seems to be straining; he can be exuberant without sounding brassy.
Three re-issued albums reinforce the claim that jazz recordings hit their peak from 1956 to 1964.
The music this band produced was famously challenging: it was also often surprisingly beautiful.
Lost amid a flood of new music in the early ’70s, the three lps under review here never received their due.
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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