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Tyshawn Sorey tops the Frances Davis Jazz Poll at mid-year, spurring a reflection on signal vs. noise in a crowded jazz landscape.
Fitting the past into the present: the year (so far) in rara avis (reissues/archival)
At Agganis Arena, the guitarist led a genre-spanning set from tight harmonies to deep-space jams.
Director Robb Moss’s latest revisits countercultural lives in later years, while “Amazing Live Sea Monkeys” probes a bizarre empire shadowed by exploitation and extremism.
In “The Age of Migration,” Kai Maristed follows displaced characters through political danger, private desperation, and unexpected acts of survival.
The acclaimed pianist-composer reflects on a newly unearthed duet with Mick Goodrick, the art of deep listening, and a life shaped by resilience and risk.
Separated by 35 years, new releases from Blake–Eade and Goodrick–Hersch illuminate jazz at its most intimate—where interpretation, history, and shared sensibility converge.
A pair of concerts at the Shalin Liu Performance Center paired elegy, bite, and virtuosity in vividly different ensemble settings.
The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Midyear: Warming Up a Riff — How It Happened, and Why It Matters
Few things more clearly attest to the endurance of the human spirit and the drive for creativity than the uninterrupted and unstoppable torrent of brilliant new jazz albums we’ve already seen this year.
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