Jazz
When a favorite artist disappoints, is the fault in our stars or in ourselves?
Prolific avant-garde composer, saxophonist, arranger, producer, and improviser John Zorn led a sharply attuned band through knotty takes on his Masada songbook.
Archival releases document the contrasting styles and shared brilliance of pianist Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, and Cecil Taylor on the bandstand.
With chemistry forged on tour, the group fuses jazz, punk, and prog into a fluid live assault.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center vice president of education discusses the growth of Essentially Ellington, the rise in student playing, and the organization’s push for wider access.
Mike Rivard’s rotating collective has blended dub, jazz, Moroccan trance, funk, electronica, hip-hop, and prog into its heady stew.
Two standout releases showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz.
April Varner, a rising star in this new generation of female jazz singers—which happily seems full of them—pays homage to Ella Fitzgerald; John Pizzarelli’s recording is an early entry in the no-doubt long list of tributes celebrating Tony Bennett’s 100th birthday.
The relaxed intensity of the band was apparent from the get-go.
Arts Remembrance: Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s ‘Saxophone Colossus,’ Dies at 95
To appreciate Sonny Rollins is to marvel at the casual ordinariness of his blazing genius.
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