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Steve Feeney

Arts Feature: Significant Jazz Experiences, 2020

The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorites — performances, recordings, and books.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Allen Michie, Michael Ullman, Steve Elman, Steve Feeney

Theater Review: “On Beckett / In Screen” — Bill Irwin Honors Samuel Beckett

Bill Irwin’s homage to Samuel Beckett explores what makes the writer so fascinating, even inspiring, for those who appreciate the knockabout beauty of his despair.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bill Irwin, On Beckett / In Screen, Steve Feeney

Jazz CD Reviews: Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley — Fearlessly Free

New albums from Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley march into fresh realms of freedom.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Code Girl, Firehouse 12 Records, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Pine Eagle Records, Rich Halley, Steve Feeney, The Shape of Things, Thumbscrew, Tomas Fujiwara

Jazz Album and Concert Review: The Sylvie Courvoisier Trio — A Tight-Knit and Adventuresome Threesome

Serious but not somber would be a succinct way to describe this trio’s work as heard on disc and in a powerful recent live performance.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Drew Gress, Free Hoops, Intakt Records, Kenny Wollesen, Roulette, Steve Feeney, Sylvie Courvoisier

Jazz Album Reviews: Strong Discs from Pianist Chick Corea and Bassist Eric Revis

A pair of beauties: an Eric Revis quintet album and a solo excursion from Chick Corea.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Chick Corea, Concord Jazz, Eric Revis, Pyroclastic Records, Steve Feeney

Jazz Album Review: Jimmy Heath’s Final “Love Letter”

The disc mixes classics and originals in a set of tunes perfect for late-night reveries or for anytime sojourns to a place of unhurried passion.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gregory Porter, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Love Letter, Russell Malone, Steve Feeney, Wynton Marsalis

Jazz Album Review: Following the Lessons of the Master, “Thumbscrew – The Anthony Braxton Project”

The album’s set of pieces not only revels in the spirited formal experimentation of the great musician’s music, but its expressive urgency as well.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Anthony Braxton, Cuneiform Records, Steve Feeney, Thumbscrew – The Anthony Braxton Project

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.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: Andrew Cyrille, Ben Street, Joe Lovano, Live at the Village Vanguard, Marcin Wasilewski Trio, Michal Miskiewicz, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Steve Feeney, Village Vangard

Jazz Album Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Hero Trio” — To the Rescue

Adventurous jazz is not always as much fun to listen to as it is on Hero Trio, a stellar meeting of compositions, arrangements, and astute performances propelled by real passion.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Review Tagged: François Moutin, Hero Trio, Rudresh Mahanthapp, Rudy Royston, Steve Feeney, Whirlwind Recordings

Jazz Concert Review: Livestream — Billy Hart Quartet at the Village Vanguard

The exhilarating power of live music in a small club blazed forth whenever the momentum built loud and hard toward a stirring transition.

By: Steve Feeney Filed Under: Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Billy Hart, Billy Hart Quartet, Steve Feeney, Village Vanguard

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