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This most recent poll also proves the worth of the poll itself — that it doesn’t so much confirm consensus as create it.
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These two superb new releases were both recorded at a former fire station in Connecticut.
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One aspect of Newport I treasure is that it shows me, every time, how much I don’t know.
Read MoreHow does one keep a big band together long enough to make such brilliantly evocative sessions as that by Maria Schneider and the others listed here?
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Bassist Dave Holland’s new album, Another Land, will take you to interesting places. Clarinetist’s Ben Goldberg’s latest, with its guitar/bass/drums core, might do the same.
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This is the 17th annual edition of the Francis Davis Jazz Poll, finally named for its founder and guiding light. The Poll collates top-ten lists from 151 jazz critics and journalists, and as such provides a wealth of insight into and data about this past year in jazz.
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Now that he’s 70, it’s only right that guitarist John Scofield takes a victory lap with his first solo album.
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Others may hear a painfully flawed Latin jazz album, but what I heard was a brilliant postmodern ironic jam session in the mode of Ornette Coleman. I’m probably wrong, but I don’t care, because this album is a blast.
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Jazz Commentary: Four Recent Composer-Driven Jazz Releases — New Wine in New Bottles
Four recent releases illustrate what can happen when the only limits are the imagination of the composer and the passion of the performers.
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