Jazz
Chase’s iconoclastic genre-crossing oratorio proceeds from dark to light, and wins its struggle for transcendence.
That’s why Wadada Leo Smith’s musical visions are so miraculous: there’s an impression of drift, yet they rarely meander.
Both Cowboys and Frenchmen and Mark Zaleski Band “groove, interact, and emote.”
In two new releases, Jane Ira Bloom and Brian Carpenter complete their work on self-defined projects that are tonics for a time of trouble.
The disc’s assemblage of young and old pianists pays off — Handful of Keys is one of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s better efforts.
The versatile, talented Israeli-born keyboardist has always had a pay-it-forward attitude about sharing his craft.
A gripping autobiography and beautiful new solo CD from a master jazz pianist — Fred Hersch.
If you want to know how exquisitely intuition and structure can be balanced, you could hardly do better than to hear these two new discs.
John Abercrombie, one of the great improvisers, died on August 22, after a long illness.
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