Features
Wednesday, December 8 2010
The Best Jazz of 2010
Jazz is working all the angles these days. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"?
Columns
Monday, August 9 2010
Ten Reasons to Love Jason Moran
With his new recording Ten, pianist Jason Moran marks a decade of playing by his great Bandwagon trio. Listeners should count themselves lucky.
Reviews
Friday, October 8 2010
Jason Moran: Ten
Putting varied sources together so seamlessly has resulted in one of the year’s best releases.
Thursday, July 9 2009
Otis Taylor: Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs
Taylor's best record in about half a decade, and a memorable development in his sound.
Monday, September 25 2006
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
A jazz pianist of steel steers his music through the dangerous web of official arts organizations, encountering plenty of Kryptonite, yet emerges unscathed -- the globe still safe for improvisation.
Tuesday, February 1 2005
Jason Moran: Same Mother
On his sixth album, Jason Moran continues to explore the roots and influences of the jazz idiom, while simultaneously demonstrating how its innovations can be applied to any number of mediums.
