Originally published on February 11, 2019. By Bill Milkowski Celebrated keyboardist-composer Chick Corea has had……...
Tag: Summer 2020
Originally published on May 24, 2020. It’s a given that African musical influences are deeply……...
The whimsical title of saxophonist and composer Paul Jones’ eight-song quartet date — graphically illustrated……...
Eldar Djangirov is a remarkable pianist, one with phenomenal technique and a quick mind. Now……...
“Suicides,” the first track of Ghost Days, sports a percolating funk line for bass and……...
The world could use a little enchantment, ambiance and vintage Caribbean swagger right about now,……...
This fifth release by Joey Alexander, the 16-year-old Balinese phenom, once again showcases the young……...
Merging jazz and classical music isn’t exactly a new notion. But seldom has the concept……...
Jen Allen may not be a familiar name. Her only other recording as a leader……...
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis effectively started the Young Lions movement upon the release of his 1982……...
If this set’s title seems to indicate a ferocious affair, think otherwise. Tel Aviv-born, New……...
Warm and engaging, Woven Dreams is pianist Lara Driscoll’s charismatic debut. Here Driscoll demonstrates a……...
You could call Dave Sewelson’s new Music for a Free World old-school avant-garde. That is,……...
On his third album for the mainstream-oriented Posi-Tone label, pianist Theo Hill expands from a……...
Released, purely coincidentally but quite serendipitously, during a crazy and fearful moment in modern history,……...
There’s a deceptively casual musical intimacy afoot in Life Goes On that belies the deep……...
Bassist Omer Avital wrote the title track to his latest release, New York Paradox, upon……...
Kat Edmonson, Dreamers Do (Spinnerette) With her fey, girlish voice, Edmonson imbues a series of……...
For Liberty Ellman, guitar was the starting point but composition was the key. The 48-year-old……...
Within the jazz world, Ted Poor is known for collaborating with musicians — Cuong Vu,……...