This is state-of-the art modern jazz, alternately hard swinging, contemplative, commercial, and abstract.
Anat Cohen
Jazz Album Review: Pablo Ablanedo’s “Chistreza” — Rhythmic Bounty
Every piece here seems to play by its own rhythmic rules, and yet nowhere does the music sound academic or formal.
Jazz Concert Review: Anat Cohen Tentet and Ben Wendel “Seasons” Group at Sanders Theater
A kaleidoscopic small-band adventure led by one of the world’s great clarinetists, and a superbly-played set by Ben Wendel’s dynamic quintet.
Music Review/Commentary: Anat Cohen’s Tentet & SFJAZZ Collective — Strength in Numbers
Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.
Concert Review: Kurt Elling with Anat Cohen at Sanders Theatre
I’ve never seen Kurt Elling when he wasn’t in fine voice, and this show was no exception.
Arts Fuse Review: An Evening with Kirill Gerstein at Berklee or, The Jazz Piano Concerto, Part 2.5
Like other great artists –- Martha Argerich and Steve Lacy come to mind right away — pianist Kirill Gerstein approaches every note with a sense of how important that note is in relation to every one that has come before and every one that is to come after.
Music Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2010
For all the hand-wringing in the media about the death rattle of jazz, what with record stores closing and radio stations losing listeners, Newport reminds you that the art form is alive and well, with a growing audience of people of all ages and races. By Charles McEnerney, Host + Producer, Well-Rounded Radio Both the […]
Coming Attractions in Jazz: December 2009
By J. R. Carroll December is always an exasperating month for jazz fans: The first week is crammed with more events than any human without self-cloning abilities can possibly attend; after that, the major clubs close their doors many evenings in order to host private parties (hey, something has to pay the bills). The upside […]