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Craig Taborn

Jazz Album Review: Ches Smith’s “Interpret It Well” — Confident Improvisations

I am not sure where the track titles come from, but I am guessing the problems the band had getting together under Covid must have something to do with them.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ches Smith, Craig Taborn, Interpret It Well, Mat Maneri, Pyroclastic

Album Roundup: Adventurous Solo Performances from Jazz Pianists

Solo performance is still a way ahead for jazz pianists, judging from four CDs released in 2021.

By: Jon Garelick Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Craig Taborn, Dan DeChellis, Falkner Evans, Jon Garelick, Satoko Fujii

Jazz CD Review: Two Quartets Discover Exhilarating New Terrain

The powerful quartets on The People I Love and Terra Incognita work toward locating places beyond notation where, in each moment, new vistas may emerge.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Craig Taborn, PI Recordings, Pine Eagle Records, Rich Halley Quartet, Steve Feeney, Steve Lehman Trio, Terra Incognita, The People I Love

Jazz CD Survey: Snapshots and Concepts, Summer 2018

A baker’s dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: 12 Classic Albums, 1953 - 1962, A Rift in Decorum, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill-Frisell, Blue Note All Stars, Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album, Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra, Compassion - The Music of John Coltrane, Craig Taborn, Dave Liebman, Dave Stryker, Daylight Ghosts, Dedication, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Horace Silver, Horace Silver: Quintet June 1977, I'm Ready, Joe Lovano, John-Coltrane, Joyful Noise - The Music of Horace Silver, Live at the Village Vanguard, Memphis ... Yes, Our Point of View, Small Town, Steve Slagle, Strykin’ Ahead, The Sting Variations, Tierney Sutton Band

Jazz CD Review: Dave Holland Ventures into “Uncharted Territories”

On these two discs you’ll find masterfully played, engaging excursions into the tonal beyond.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Craig Taborn, Dare 2, Dave Holland, Jazz, Steve Feeney, Uncharted Territories

Jazz Review: Bill Frisell’s Americana Dreams

Bill Frisell and his quartet performed a program of well-worn American hits whose juxtapositions allowed you to make your own cross-references and draw your own conclusions.

By: Jon Garelick Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: American music, Bill-Frisell, Craig Taborn, Greg Osby, Roots of Americana, Rudy Royston

Jazz CD Reviews: John Scofield’s “Überjam Deux” and Dave Holland’s “Prism”

Dave Holland’s Prism tells stories, several of which are very effective. Scofield’s, like his earlier Überjam releases, extends the jam-band esthetic into jazz without completely giving in to it. And neither of them would be as they are without the great looming shadow of Miles Davis.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Adam Deitch, Andy Hess, Avi Bortnick, Craig Taborn, Dave Holland, Eric Harland, John Medeski, John Scofield, Kevin Eubanks, Louis Cato, Prism, Überjam Deux

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