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Jazz Album Review: Ches Smith’s “Interpret It Well” — Confident Improvisations

I am not sure where the track titles come from, but I am guessing the problems the band had getting together under Covid must have something to do with them.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ches Smith, Craig Taborn, Interpret It Well, Mat Maneri, Pyroclastic

Jazz Album Review: Manel Fortià Trio’s “Despertar” — Intelligently Lyrical

Manel Fortià’s album of his Spanish-tinged compositions is meant to wake us up to what the bassist can do.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Despertar, Manel Fortià, Michael Ullman, Segeli Microscopi

Theater Review: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — The Joint is Really Jumpin’

This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those one-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Theater Tagged: Ain’t Misbehavin’, David Greenham, Fats Waller, Greater Boston Stage Company, Luther Henderson, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, The Front Porch Arts Collective, The Nora@Central Square Theater

Jazz Album Review: Guitarist John Scofield — A Solo Album, Finally

Now that he’s 70, it’s only right that guitarist John Scofield takes a victory lap with his first solo album.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, John Scofield

Jazz Album Review: “Charles Mingus Trio” — One Kind of Masterpiece

Even without the new takes, this Rhino reissue would be welcome: Mingus Three is to my mind one of the great trio albums.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Trio with Hampton Hawes and Dannie Richmond, Dannie Richmond, Hampton Hawes

Jazz Album Review: Catherine Russell’s “Send for Me” — A Deep Dig into the Jazz of the ’30s and ’40s

If you’re a fan of the Great American Songbook, but have grown weary of the warhorses, Send For Me is a treat.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: "Send For Me", Catherine Russell, Daniel Gewertz, Dot Time Records

Jazz Album Review: Chet Baker Trio’s “Live in Paris”

Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984 is an example of solid, appealing late Chet Baker, doing what he did best with standards and the occasional original.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Chet Baker, Chet Baker Trio, Elemental Records, Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

Jazz Album Review: Ornette Coleman — Very Much the “Genesis of Genius”

Ornette Coleman turned to me and said, “You know, you can never really be out of tune. You are always in tune with something.”

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Craft Recordings, Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Albums, Michael Ullman, Ornette Coleman, Something Else!

Album Review: “Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s” — A Rich Centennial Treat

The centenary of bassist/composer Charles Mingus’ birthday is days away and I am listening to the beautifully packaged and processed and richly annotated 3 lps of Mingus’s Lost Album, recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s London club in 1972.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Charles McPherson, Charles Mingus, Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s, Resonance Records, Ronnie Scott's

Music Commentary: Jazz, Ed Sullivan, and Television

These performances on The Ed Sullivan Show occurred almost exclusively between 1957 and 1964 and that’s not happenstance. They coincide with the only slice of time when different styles of jazz ever got a significant airing on television.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Ed Sullivan, Steve Provizer

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