The Jewish Immigrant Song
Jewish immigrants music-saturated synagogues and rich theater, flavored with humor and lament, were a magical formula for the birth of the American Songbook.
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Patricia Brennan Creates Otherworldly Jazz
Patricia Brennan has assembled a unique ensemble featuring strings and electronics, as well as a jazz quintet. She continues to astound us.
Webber/Morris Big Band Expand the Possibilities of a Big Band07
Webber/Morris Big Band’s Unseparate puts its colors and rhythms up against each other to buzz, shimmer, and pulse in ways that no band can match.
A Legendary Keith Jarrett Performance Highlights ‘KÖLN 75’
KÖLN 75 tells the story of a music-obsessed German teenager who overcame many obstacles to produce the most legendary concert by pianist Keith Jarrett.
Los Cinco Cardones’ Debut Shows Their Versatility
Los Cinco Cardones’ El Quinto Cardón is an impressive show of the jazz quartet’s range, and the musicianship throughout is unquestionable.
Carmen Staaf’s New LP Takes on Williams and Monk
Jazz artist Carmen Staaf’s Sounding Line makes compelling sonic arguments about the relationship between the tunes of Mary Lou Williams and Thelonious Monk.
Matt Bachmann’s Latest LP Invokes a Film Score Aura
Matt Bachmann’s instrumental collection is adventurous and unpredictable, with the record’s connective tissue being the variety of styles and moods throughout.
Jazz Saxophonist Jon Irabagon Is a Magician and Shapeshifter
It’s a blessing that artists like Jon Irabagon are unafraid to defy convention, playing music both challenging and satisfying, rich in feeling but daring to have an edge.
Henry Threadgill Extends His Compositional Daring Into Intimacy
On Listen Ship, you will hear some of the finest creative musicians in the world lose themselves in Henry Threadgill’s patterns and plans. It’s a gentle, daring classic.
Jazz Trio Fieldwork’s ‘Thereupon’ Is Buoyant and Open
Fieldwork are a cooperative jazz band spanning the last quarter-century. Yet their music still sounds a lot like the future. Their new LP is where “New Jazz” is in 2025
Stephen Philip Harvey’s Vocabulary of Jazz Composition Is Vast
Stephen Philip Harvey is consistently fresh and inventive. When it sounds beautiful, that’s OK with him, but it’s also fine if his imagination leans toward dissonance, funk, or sci-fi.
Mulatu Astatke Amplifies His Ethio-Jazz Legacy on Tremendous LP
Mulatu Astatke takes all he has learned and accomplished in more than half a century of professional music-making and uses those resources to realize a grand vision.