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Michael Ullman

Jazz Album Review: “Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section” — Unquenchable Talent

This Craft reissue is welcome for the presence and distinctness of its sound, and for the state-of-the-art playing. Art Pepper will be going through my head for days.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Art Pepper, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Michael Ullman, Paul-Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Red Garland, Red Garland trio

Music Feature: The Best Jazz Albums of 2022

The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz Tagged: Allen Michie, Jon Garelick, Michael Ullman, Steve Feeney

Jazz/Film Review: “An Evening of Jazz Healing” — A Thing of Beauty and Sharing

Jazz, in particular, seemed to not merely satisfy Justin Freed’s inner cravings for beauty, but it led him outwards, to others, eventually inspiring some of the key relationships in his life.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Donal Fox, Jazz Saved My Life, Justin Freed, Maria Schneider, Michael Ullman

Jazz Album Review: Jussi Reijonen’s “Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista” — “One Hell of a Journey”

The music comes out of an extended personal crisis; the compositions found here are a testament to a musician regaining his voice.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Challenge Records, Jason Palmer, Jussi Reijonen, Michael Ullman, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista

Jazz Album Review: Pianist Jason Yeager’s “Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite” — So It Goes

The advantage to listening to the recorded Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite is that on disc pianist Jason Yeager writes beautifully for septet: the textures he evokes in his arrangements are curiously varied and invariably moving.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Jason Yeager, Michael Ullman, Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite

Jazz Album Review: The Vince Guaraldi Trio — “Peanuts” and Beyond

Vince Guaraldi isn’t the heaviest of jazz pianists: he played at a time when McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans were omnipresent. But his tunes, his gently humanist approach to music, meant that he reached listeners that others couldn’t or didn’t.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown’s Holiday Hits, Impressions of Black Orpheus Deluxe Edition, Michael Ullman, Peanuts, Vince Guaraldi Trio

Jazz Album Review: Newvelle Records’ Renewal Collection — A Beautifully Compact Clarity

This collection, Newvelle Records’ first series release in two years, features original compositions by Elan Mehler, Michael Blake, Dave Liebman, and Nadje Noordhuis.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Combobulate, Dave Liebman, Elan Mehler, Full Circle, Michael Blake, Michael Ullman, Nadje Noordhuis, There is a Dance, Trust and Honesty

Jazz Album Review: Keith Jarrett’s “Bordeaux Concert” — A Varied Masterpiece

Given Keith Jarrett’s current disability, this new ECM recording is an unexpected gift to his fans.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Bordeaux Concert, ECM, Keith Jarrett, Michael Ullman

Jazz Album Review: Enrico Rava and Fred Hersch’s Winning “The Song Is You” — Suffused With Tact and Grace

The sound of both musicians is indelible: trumpeter Enrico Rava is warm and rounded; pianist Fred Hersch, often icy, is fetching and detailed.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: ECM, Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch, Michael Ullman, The Song is You

Jazz Album Review: “Hampton Hawes Four!” — Evidence of a Remarkable Talent

Four! is one of Hampton Hawes’ most satisfying sessions, for the variety of the repertoire and the quality of the performances.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Barney Kessel, Craft lp in association with Contemporary Records, Hampton Hawes, Hampton Hawes Four!, Michael Ullman, Red Mitchell, Shelly Manne

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