Jazz
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Dedicated to experimentation and creative collaboration, Promises delivers an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.
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New discs from James Brandon Lewis and Vijay Iyer merit serious attention from admirers of improvised music.
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“I don’t work the system anymore, except as a last resort: I aim instead to bypass it. The better I have gotten at circumventing gatekeepers, the more successful my writing career has been.”
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Nothing that guitarist Pat Metheny had done previously hinted at this sprawling 1981 masterpiece.
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This is one of the best traditional big band records you’ll hear this year, or maybe this decade.
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Two albums, from a late master and a newbie, are notable additions to the current wave of introspective solo piano excursions.
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Two pianoless quartets + two restless leaders = some of the best music of the last few years.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Music Commentary: The Seven Ages of Jazz-Kind
With apologies to the Swan of Avon.
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