Wednesday, December 7 2011
Stanley Jordan: Friends
2008's State of Nature was no fluke – Stanley Jordan is back in business, full swing.
Tuesday, April 7 2009
Charlie Hunter Quartet
The Boulder Theater’s management put out seats for the audience, but they shouldn’t have bothered. Charlie Hunter and his band were playing dance music, plain and simple.
Sunday, March 15 2009
Charlie Hunter: Baboon Strength
Charlie Hunter's innovative music explorations continue with this funky, fun adventure.
Tuesday, December 11 2007
The Best Jazz of 2007
In spite of the perception of jazz as an increasingly niche market, the year's best show a style of music that remains ever youthful in its exploration of new territories, expanding its diversity and range of expression.
Friday, December 7 2007
Charlie Hunter: Mistico
Another scruffy-cool groove workout from the prolific guitarist. How many have there been now?
Wednesday, November 28 2007
Charlie Hunter and Bobby Previte as Groundtruther Plus John Medeski: Altitude
The finest of the three recordings from the duo/trio, Altitude is a sonic exploration in both electric and acoustic improvised music that brings it all home.
Monday, December 11 2006
Best Jazz of 2006
Will Layman's list of the year's best jazz records, a hearty baker's dozen, includes iconoclasts, eccentrics, avant-gardists, and some downright swingers.
Tuesday, September 12 2006
Bobby Previte: Coalition of the Willing
A "nonjazz" record of assertive instrumental rock from a great downtown drummer -- both political and funky in its intentions, it arrives with purpose.
Tuesday, August 15 2006
Christian McBride: Live at Tonic
A triple-dose of jazz bass monsterhood -- one slice of contemporary fusion followed by two slices of jam-o-rific guest-laden funk. Get your jazz groove on.
