Here is a personal selection of recordings in the saxophone trio format. These linear collaborations have been part of the jazz scene for at least seventy years now. The results are almost always illuminating and exhilarating, and a review of them offers a miniature history of saxophone styles.
Joe Lovano
Jazz Album/Concert Review: Saxophonist Joe Lovano — x 2
No matter his musical surroundings, there is never any doubt that it is Joe Lovano you are hearing.
Jazz CD Survey: Snapshots and Concepts, Summer 2018
A baker’s dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.
Jazz CD Review: “Scandal” — Masters of Their Art
Scandal is a masterful example of musical discourse dedicated to making the most of the powers and pleasures of tradition-infused improvised jazz.
Jazz CD Review: “Compassion” — A Deft Homage to John Coltrane
Of course, neither saxophonist sounds precisely like Coltrane: there would be no point in trying.
Jazz Review: Chucho Valdés – Joe Lovano Quintet at the Berklee Performance Center — Molto Vivo
Intense head music and powerful foot music, but this show needed a little more heart.
Concert Review: Jack DeJohnette’s Spring Quartet — Creative Flexibility Times Four
The point of the Spring Quartet, one assumes, is to showcase its four multi-talented members, particularly their talents as composers.
Jazz Review: Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall
The Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra sought bravely to straddle the jazz and classical worlds with a little help from some star soloists.
Coming Attractions: Jazz Week Special Edition
By J. R. Carroll Coming Attractions in Jazz for April 2010 unfortunately was washed away by the Waters of March (“It’s the mud, it’s the mud”), but we couldn’t let this year’s Jazz Week slip by without highlighting a few of the numerous events taking place in the Boston metro area from Friday, April 23, […]
Coming Attractions in Jazz: November 2009
By J. R. Carroll After the New England Conservatory’s well-deserved turn in the limelight last month in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their jazz studies program, the Berklee College of Music comes to the fore in November with a strong series of performances on- and off-campus. Photo by Jesus Angel Hernandez de Rojas, available […]