Music
Toots Hibbert’s voice expresses both his Jamaican country church upbringing and his deep love of American R&B and soul.
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“Our intention was something other than being famous. When you create art from that place, a song is going to connect with people.”
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Although his choice of material doesn’t always work for me, for my money, Kurt Elling is the most important jazz vocalist of the last twenty years.
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One aspect of Newport I treasure is that it shows me, every time, how much I don’t know.
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The author of this Sonny Rollins bio promises us “A Journey into his World of Spirituality” — and that sets high expectations.
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Overall, this was classy cello playing. Colin Carr relied on, and brought out, the inherent architecture of the Bach suites.
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Vocalist Allegra Levy is at her strongest when purveying certain specific moods — melancholy, playful, even lightly ironic.
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Ronnie Cuber makes the high-speed acceleration sound lyrical as well as virtuosic; the band obliges with solos that come off as much more than your standard bop band running the changes.
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Living Colour gives us fair and balanced for those who fear becoming unbalanced.
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Rock Homage: Farewell, Slayer — Metal to the Core
Slayer has been as good and dependable as any band ever has been in rock and roll.
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