Jazz
Vocalist Anaïs Reno and Mark Masters and his big band supply compelling homages to the brilliance of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp’s duets will draw in and fascinate listeners who are open to intelligent, virtuosic, and intimate improvisations, simultaneously logical and free.
Bassist Dave Holland’s new album, Another Land, will take you to interesting places. Clarinetist’s Ben Goldberg’s latest, with its guitar/bass/drums core, might do the same.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
This fine documentary of a highly respected elder bassist presents a clear, focused picture of a man who is also a jazz musician.
Descriptions of Anna Webber’s music might make it seem intimidating. It is not — her compositions are stirring, amusing, and delightful, particularly in the shell games they play with variety and coherence.
To hear this performance properly. you must do a bit more work than you might do ordinarily . . . but great art deserves such work.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Dedicated to experimentation and creative collaboration, Promises delivers an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.
New discs from James Brandon Lewis and Vijay Iyer merit serious attention from admirers of improvised music.
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