Features
Tuesday, December 15 2009
The Best Jazz of 2009
This was a great year for melding innovation and tradition. The trend continues of piano trios playing boldly, creating a new language for this venerable jazz form. And other kinds of groups have been equally inventive, particularly in working through what it means to be a jazz group -- a notion that has evolved beyond trumpet-saxophone-piano-bass-drums.
Reviews
Thursday, September 17 2009
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: One Day in Brooklyn
This EP further cements the group's status as one of the most forward-thinking units in jazz.
Wednesday, April 16 2008
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Lil Tae Rides Again
Unconventional trio works with electronic producer to put a little more zazz in their jazz.
Monday, December 12 2005
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: The Sameness of Difference
A hip and happenin' new-style jazz trio covers the (newly) usual indie-folk: Bjork, Brian Wilson, The Flaming Lips. In a word: Eh.
