Thursday, September 3 2009
Great City, a Great City’s Music: The Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Our jazz critic Will Layman spent a full week soaking up the music -- and the city -- offered by what may be North America's finest jazz festival.
Wednesday, March 18 2009
Nels Cline: Coward / Alex Cline: Continuation
The drum-and-guitar playing brothers release simultaneous solo projects on the great West Coast jazz label.
Tuesday, July 29 2008
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet: One Dance Alone
Experimental pianist and composer Wayne Horvitz leads two very different ensembles -- one rhythm-based and jazz leaning, the other lushly orchestral -- along paths that sometimes cross and comment upon one another. Gorgeous and thought-provoking.
Tuesday, June 24 2008
Peggy Lee: All Aglow Again!
Celebrating 50 years of "Fever!", these four albums commemorate the catalog of Peggy Lee, from the most popular to previously unreleased songs.
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.
Friday, August 11 2006
Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet: Way Out East
Chamber jazz of the highest order, for quartet (trumpet, bassoon, cello, piano) -- a perfect mix of composition and improvisation
