Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Smoke Sessions Records
Jazz CD Review: Steve Turre — “The Very Thought of You”
The venerable trombonist’s fine new album mostly contains ballads and features an all-star rhythm section.
Jazz CD Review: Buster Williams — An Exemplary Modern Bassist
There are no missteps on this disc. Buster Williams and company make all the complications swing, mightily.