Jazz
According to Chick Corea, this recording contains first impressions of the compositions that he’ll be playing with his band on upcoming tours. It’ll be interesting to hear how these tunes and this group develops.
Read MoreDave Holland’s Prism tells stories, several of which are very effective. Scofield’s, like his earlier Überjam releases, extends the jam-band esthetic into jazz without completely giving in to it. And neither of them would be as they are without the great looming shadow of Miles Davis.
Read MoreThere’s a festival just about every weekend, it seems. The newest is The Nines Festival.
Read MoreNourishments is an emphatic musical statement from a seasoned bandleader, returning to the front of a traditional quintet.
Read MoreRamsey’s book on Bud Powell is both a provocative read and a disappointing one. Anyone thinking this will be an illuminating portrait of a jazz master is likely to suffer a serious case of buyer’s remorse.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.
Read MoreThe name of the band itself comes from a tune by the most “classical” of all jazz bands, the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, visual arts, and film that’s coming up this week.
Read MoreBut Mr. Ho’s Brian O’Neill had another idea. What if he took the very inauthenticity of the original music as a motive for putting together things that were never meant to go together originally? Like Bach’s Toccata and Fugue with a Balkan beat?
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