Jazz
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.
September releases from Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis are sure to be among the best jazz albums of the year.
The arrangements seem to emerge organically from the structure and feel of the compositions and harmonies, like leaves unfolding from the stem of an exotic plant.
Three re-issued albums reinforce the claim that jazz recordings hit their peak from 1956 to 1964.
System 6 is an adventurous contemporary ensemble whose music will appeal to lovers of the free jazz movement of the ’60s.
Sunday arguably offered the jazz festival’s most impressive lineup. The star of the day turned out to be singer Samara Joy.
Taking both of these new releases together should satisfy the ‘bones jones of just about any jazz fan.
The music this band produced was famously challenging: it was also often surprisingly beautiful.
Tony Bennett was not only a singular artist. He was, by all accounts, a mensch: an early supporter of the civil rights struggle and participant in innumerable benefits, he was a generous mentor.
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