Jazz
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Lamb, with his spiritual imperative, is clearly seeking, and achieving, incantatory power.
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Despite the charges of some purists, jazz was alive in the hands of a few veterans at Newport Jazz 2024, as well as newcomers sharing their own voices in the tradition.
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Made up of a Californian, a Palestinian, and a native of Cyprus, Ize Trio is about probing into the meaning of cultural differences as well as learning each other’s personal characteristics.
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Any aficionado of Brazilian music and jazz will find plenty to be delighted by in these three discs.
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“Popular music in America is already so formulated and dumbed-down that the fear of AI making it more trivial is probably beside the point.”
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A belated appreciation of one of 2023’s most interesting releases – this Grammy-winning “compendium” may not be a strongly unified work, but its individual parts are eloquent residents of the Place Between classical and jazz.
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Any survey of new jazz will show the broad range of creation being produced by an extraordinary diversity of musicians. That’s because jazz has spread all around the world, bringing us together in peace (and sometimes even harmony).
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Here is music of depth, music to hear and to think about in a Time of Troubles. But who will play it again? Who will listen? And who will buy?
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It’s always fun to hear this mischievous instrumentalist in action.
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This new album from Norma Winstone and Kit Downes is a marvel.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard