Features
Wednesday, December 17 2008
The Best Jazz of 2008
More than ever, the best jazz is coming from small labels, and more than ever the best draws a decent slice from the dynamics of rock and pop music without itself being a commercial venture.
Columns
Tuesday, January 31 2012
Jazz Triumphs of 2011 That Only a Fool Could Miss
Critics can be fools, particularly in their own eyes. Here are five jazz discs from 2011 that should have been on my top ten list but slipped from view, then. It's not too late to dig them.
Reviews
Wednesday, April 9 2008
Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Suite
The fourth of the trumpeter's ingenious transformations of Jewish music, this gorgeous mass of guitars, horns and drums fuses Bitches Brew to the synagogue.
