Allen Michie
Now that he’s 70, it’s only right that guitarist John Scofield takes a victory lap with his first solo album.
“Every record can have its own unique sound, depending on who has owned it, who’s touched it, where it’s been. That’s really important to me.” This movie makes you realize that these things should be important to you, too.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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.
David Rooney’s thesis in About Time is provocatively ironic: clocks, through their ever-increasing precision and regularity, are the instruments of constant change.
The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — mainly recordings.
What 2022 needs is “more ‘ukulele.” Put on some ‘ukulele music and just try to feel bad.
Film Commentary: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — The Most Serene Movie in Years
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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