Music
Joseph Horowitz’s short, punchy, well-sourced, and compulsively readable book argues for bringing back the forgotten works of important Black composers.
The trio shares Cecil Taylor’s love of rational freedom and adventure, but it doesn’t try to reproduce the pianist’s rip-roaring intensity.
The Kick album cycle drives home the essence of Arca’s musical vision: constant, relentless transformation.
Once again,under challenging circumstances, the Revels cast and crew has pulled off a rousing good show.
Roll calls of some of the notable musicians who passed away this year.
Jazz isn’t an orthodoxy, a religion, a form of faith healing, or a tribal rite — you don’t have to be in the room with it the moment it happens to reap its benefits.
Imperfect as it is, the 16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll offers a wealth of expert information unmatched anywhere else.
This list consists of recent music documentaries that I streamed over the past year — a couple of duds as well as the standouts.
Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Russell’s Outside Child made two lists. And so did Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert.
The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — mainly recordings.
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