Tony Williams Lifetime

Jazz Retrospective: The Indelible Impact of “Emergency!” by the Tony Williams Lifetime

September 6, 2022

If you don’t know those 1969 originals, get them and listen to them. And if you know the recordings well, listen to them again. No matter how familiar this 50-year-old music is to you, you’ll be struck by its timelessness.

Jazz Remembrance: You Don’t Know Jack—From Glasgow to New York

November 2, 2014

Posted in Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music, Rock

“With Cream I and Ginger could play free jazz as a rhythm section, while Eric played the Ornette Coleman role. However, we didn’t tell Eric that!”

Coming Attractions in Jazz: March 2010

March 1, 2010

Posted in Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music

By J. R. Carroll March is the month for Elder Statesmen—and drummers. Bassist Buster Williams has played and recorded with, well, damn near everyone, and currently leads his own Something More Quartet; they’ll be coming to Scullers on March 2 at 8 p.m. Photo by Mandy Hall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Drummer…

Coming Attractions in Jazz: February 2010

February 1, 2010

Posted in Coming Attractions, Jazz, Music

There may not be any Lester Young tributes scheduled for Presidents’ Day, but the entire month of February is nothing less than a valentine to jazz piano. By J. R. Carroll Pianist Jason Moran hasn’t yet encountered a piece of music (or even raw sound) that he couldn’t transform into a jaw-dropping improvisation. Johannes Brahms,…