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Changing of the Guard at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
On October 23, Ted Nash – having toured the world playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass…
Ambrose Akinmusire and Kris Davis perform in New York at Vision Festival, which ran May 23-28. Akinmusire’s Origami Harvest earned one of the few 5-star reviews in DownBeat during 2018.
(Photo: Eva Kapanadaze)
Stacey Kent issued I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions on OKeh.
(Photo: Diane Sagnier)13 O’clock Blues Band, Devil’s Dance (Free Note)
Kiran Ahluwalia, 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
Cyrille Aimée, Cyrille Aimée Live (Mack Avenue)
Eric Alexander, Song Of No Regrets (HighNote)
Karrin Allyson, Some Of That Sunshine (Kasrecords)
Arild Andersen, In-House Science (ECM)
Julian Argüelles, Tonadas (Edition)
Tim Armacost, Time Being (Whirlwind)
Tiffany Austin, Unbroken (Con Alma)
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Awase (ECM)
Roni Ben-Hur/Harvie S, Introspection (Jazzheads)
Nate Birkey, Rome (Household Ink)
Black Art Jazz Collective, Armor Of Pride (HighNote)
Blake/Correa, Streaming (Red Piano)
Blind Boys Of Alabama, Almost Home (BBOA)
Benjamin Boone/Philip Levine, The Poetry Of Jazz (Origin)
Borderlands Trio, Asteroidea (Intakt)
Geof Bradfield, Yes, And ... Music For Nine Improvisers (Delmark)
Craig Brann, Lineage (Steeplechase)
Jakob Bro, Bay Of Rainbows (ECM)
Rosa Brunello Y Los Fermentos, Volverse (CamJazz)
John Butcher, Last Dream Of The Morning (Relative Pitch)
Tania Chen, John Cage: Electronic Music For Piano (Omnivore)
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Contraband Love (Red House)
César Cardoso, Interchange (Antenna)
Daniel Carter/William Parker/Matthew Shipp, Seraphic Light (AUM Fidelity)
Amy Cervini, No One Ever Tells You (Anzic)
Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop, Rev (Anzic)
Reginald Chapman, Prototype (Fresh Selects)
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Free Of Form (Stretch Music/Ropeadope)
Jean Chaumont, The Beauty Of Differences (Misfitme Music)
Francesco Chiapperini Extemporary Vision Ensemble, The Big Earth (Rudi)
Scott Clark, ToNow (Clean Feed)
Nels Cline, 4 Currents, Constellations (Blue Note)
Steve Coleman And Five Elements, Live At The Village Vanguard Vol. 1 (The Embedded Sets) (Pi)
Shemekia Copeland, America’s Child (Alligator)
Marc Copland, Nightfall (Innervoicejazz)
George Cotsirilos Quartet, Mostly In Blue (OA2)
Sylvie Courvoisier Trio, D’Agala (Intakt)
Cowboys and Frenchmen, Bluer Than You Think (Outside In Music)
Dedekind Cut, Tahoe (Kranky)
As Ted Nash, left, departs the alto saxophone chair for LCJO, Alexa Tarantino steps in as the band’s first female full-time member.
Mar 4, 2025 1:29 PM
On October 23, Ted Nash – having toured the world playing alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass…
Larry Appelbaum with Wayne Shorter in 2012.
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“This is one of the great gifts that Coltrane gave us — he gave us a key to the cosmos in this recording,” says John McLaughlin.
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In his original liner notes to A Love Supreme, John Coltrane wrote: “Yes, it is true — ‘seek and ye shall…
“With Roy, everything was like full throttle,” drummer Willie Jones III says of Hargrove (1969–2018). “Every time we hit the bandstand, it was almost like it was the last time you were going to play a set.”
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“You’ve got to trust that inner child, keep exploring, even though people think it’s wrong,” says Fortner.
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Every week at the Village Vanguard fosters its own sound. No one really knows how the music might evolve by Sunday, but…
