Freebird
Oct 18, 2018 9:00 AM
Anxious to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump, some groups try to play down expectations. If anything, for its second album, Walking Distance doubled down on an album featuring…
Oct 18, 2018 9:00 AM
Anxious to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump, some groups try to play down expectations. If anything, for its second album, Walking Distance doubled down on an album featuring…
Sep 18, 2018 9:00 AM
Few artists “own” their instrument to the degree that trombonist Steve Turre does. Whether playing the music of…
Sep 17, 2018 9:00 AM
Rolf Kühn is one of the few performers who has made a small place for the clarinet in contemporary jazz, when all…
Sep 14, 2018 9:00 AM
There’s no judging an album by its cover. But the cover of Marcus Miller’s Laid Black is a litmus test: The…
Sep 13, 2018 9:00 AM
Pianist Kristjan Randalu’s ECM debut slips seamlessly into the imprint’s MO. But some of the original compositions…
Sep 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Chiapperini takes a 12-piece version of his Extemporary Vision Ensemble into…
Sep 11, 2018 9:00 AM
In varying combinations, Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Daniel Carter have been playing alongside one another since…
Sep 10, 2018 9:00 AM
“What percentage of the age of the universe is a human lifespan?” asks saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli in the liner…
Sep 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Michael Leonhart made his auspicious debut as a 21-year-old trumpeter and conceptualist who put a premium on space in…
Sep 6, 2018 9:00 AM
Russian composer Nicolas Slonimsky’s 1947 masterpiece Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns, with its…
Sep 5, 2018 9:00 AM
Amy Cervini, a top-notch jazz singer who also is a member of vocal group Duchess, recently released No One Ever Tells…
Sep 4, 2018 9:00 AM
Smooth compositional transitions and joyous swinging harmonies emanate from Nick Finzer’s No Arrival. The New York…
