Steve Elman
Jazz Review/Interview: Duncan Heining Revises His Landmark Biography of Jazz Composer George Russell
If you do not know George Russell, this book will bring you closer to one of the geniuses of American music.
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.
Nothing detracts from the essentials here – three fine players in creative conversation.
This is what I feel can add: the perspective of a native-born son of the Rochester metro; and a view from the bridge through jazz-colored glasses.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Jazz Appreciation/Album Review — Carla Bley, 84 and Counting
Carla Bley’s last three CDs are not a casual sequence, and hearing all of them together, as I did recently, provides a refreshing reminder of her greatness.
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