Jazz
Rosa Parks: Pure Love is a serious, substantial, and long work, alternately harsh and calming, one that I am sure should be seen as well as heard.
The seven-man musical wrecking squad from Austria called Mnozil Brass has created a combination circus band, village band, marching band, and vaudeville orchestra.
Path of Totality is a distinctive recording, put together with great attention to form and detail — and performed with enormous skill.
Magos Herrera teamed up with the Brooklyn Rider string quartet to create a collection of music that makes its case for life, love, and liberation through its sheer beauty.
Eric Dolphy fully deserves the renewed attention that this important release demands.
2018 saw the release of four ambitious and powerful jazz releases driven by poetic texts.
Trumpeter Jason Palmer is a master of rhythmic displacement.
A pair of our critics supply their favorite albums and live local concerts of the year.
Here’s a look back at the history of jazz recordings and a selection of ten of the best, plus one release from 2018 that has a good chance of being one of my favorites for many years to come.
Jazz CD Preview and Survey: Years of Utter Beauty, Part 2
Part one of this survey looked at one upcoming performance and five CDs where music takes the leading role. This post looks at the other side of the coin, where the words are the wellspring for the music.
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