Jazz
Toninho Horta’s musical signature is distinctive: complex harmonies, subtle but masterful guitar work, and gentle, plaintive vocals.
Read MoreChase’s iconoclastic genre-crossing oratorio proceeds from dark to light, and wins its struggle for transcendence.
Read MoreThat’s why Wadada Leo Smith’s musical visions are so miraculous: there’s an impression of drift, yet they rarely meander.
Read MoreBoth Cowboys and Frenchmen and Mark Zaleski Band “groove, interact, and emote.”
Read MoreIn two new releases, Jane Ira Bloom and Brian Carpenter complete their work on self-defined projects that are tonics for a time of trouble.
Read MoreThe disc’s assemblage of young and old pianists pays off — Handful of Keys is one of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s better efforts.
Read MoreThe versatile, talented Israeli-born keyboardist has always had a pay-it-forward attitude about sharing his craft.
Read MoreA gripping autobiography and beautiful new solo CD from a master jazz pianist — Fred Hersch.
Read MoreIf you want to know how exquisitely intuition and structure can be balanced, you could hardly do better than to hear these two new discs.
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