Allen Michie
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The overall thesis of this short book/long essay is that both Charles Dickens and Prince embody a certain kind of rare genius combined with a freakishly inexhaustible work ethic.
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Left to her own devices for a change to pick the material, the format, and the musicians, singer Jo Lawry has chosen with grace and guts.
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The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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Albare Plays Jobim: A Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim is a traditional Brazilian offering, content to offer soothing Bossa Nova rhythms; Freedom is more unconventional, merging Brazilian beats with jazzier improvisations.
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This movie reminds us that — if there is any meaning to life at all — it’s what you bring to it, not what it brings to you.
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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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Jazz Commentary: Billy Cobham, Then and Now — An Awesome Jazz Drummer
Billy Cobham plays right on top of the beat, and his grooves are impeccable. Maybe he’s not the first drummer you’d call for a loose New Orleans shuffle, but if you could hire the Terminator to be your percussionist, Cobham is your man.
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