“Walkin’ Shoes” leads off baritone saxophonist David Larsen’s album The Mulligan Chronicles, a tribute to…
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Outtakes: Previously Unreleased Takes From the Original 1959 Sessions (Brubeck…
As stellar American jazz musicians traversed Europe, they often took their places onstage among boom…
The lovely, twilight-moody Elina Duni/Rob Luft album Lost Ships is a wanderer — in spirit,…
At 96, drummer Tino Contreras is finally basking in the glow of accolades long overdue…
Pianist Cameron Graves, who gained notoriety as a central member of Kamasi Washington’s West Coast…
Saxophonist Bobby Zankel first convened this Philadelphia-based big band almost 20 years ago, and here…
While it can often seem like the piano-trio format is all wrung-out, very occasionally a…
Given their compatible sensibilities and friendship of several years, a recording by Archie Shepp and…
Space is the place many of us probably would have liked to have gone to…
Some singers grab you as much — maybe more — through their music than their…
This uniformly satisfying two-CD set, recorded at Manhattan’s famed nightclub in February 2019, showcases saxophonist…
In the history of jazz harp — from Casper Reardon and Adele Girard to Dorothy…
One session yielding two completely different records from the same music: That was the plan…
Throughout a 55-year career that started in the 1920s, Mary Lou Williams always sounded modern…
Plenty happens on the latest Outside in Music compilation. Live at Pinch Recording Volume 2…
Tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel uses the eight self-composed tracks on his fifth session as a…
Melody Gardot’s lush, intimate and multi-lingual Sunset in the Blue is a warmly inviting, sensual…
Drummer Diego Piñera’s latest recording is a rhythmic treat that’s trickier than it seems at…
Tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman is a bold and prolific innovator who excels in collaborative ensembles.…