Jazz
My guess is that Keith Jarrett probably wasn’t satisfied with this performance. I wouldn’t change a note, a gesture, or a shading.
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Serious but not somber would be a succinct way to describe this trio’s work as heard on disc and in a powerful recent live performance.
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He may be extreme as a polemicist, but Ricky Riccardi shines when he sticks to jazz’s history.
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Charles Lloyd and Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain served a loose, flowing 65-minute set with complementary facility that belied the novel circumstances.
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In no way was the recognition that Ira Sullivan received commensurate with his skill.
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This 1969 concert by the Thelonious Monk Quartet was produced by a high school student and recorded by his school’s janitor. It presents this particular group at its optimistic best.
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Playing vinyl involves holding something in your hand, putting a needle down and, at least on my high end system, listening to sound quality that can mesmerize.
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Of all the musicians who were harbingers of change, none has had the long-term influence on young musicians that John Coltrane has had.
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This is state-of-the art modern jazz, alternately hard swinging, contemplative, commercial, and abstract.
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Jazz Commentary: Louis Armstrong as Negotiator
Throughout much of his career, Louis Armstrong negotiated a balance between being a “popular” artist and a jazz artist.
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