Thursday, March 17 2011
Gerald Cleaver’s Uncle June Ensemble: Be It As I See It
This album is really scattered, but we are all the better for it.
Thursday, March 19 2009
Songlines: Small Is Beautiful
Songlines has its finger on the pulse of the most important improvised music being made in North America these days.
Wednesday, February 4 2009
Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet: Ancestors
For better or worse, the veteran jazz bassist shows us yet again why he and Dave Holland have so much in common.
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.
Wednesday, August 22 2007
James Carney Group: Green-Wood
Jazz "fusion" for this exact moment -- electric, bold, funked-out, loose-as-a-goose terrific
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.
Mark Helias and Open Loose: Atomic Clock
Tenor-bass-drums play every which way jazz can go in a session to match the best of 2006.
