Steve Provizer
A listener’s response to this album would largely depend on whether or not the sound of Jeff Denson’s voice and the instrumentation strike a chord.
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“It seemed worthwhile to me to think about how the spiritual currents Billie Holiday navigated might have shaped her life and her sound and what she and others made of them.”
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The players are striking out into the unknown: you may find the journey inspiring and you may sometimes find yourself lost in the woods.
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As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.
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The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.
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The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.
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Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.
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Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.
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The communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
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Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston
Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.
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