JazzMatters: The Best New Jazz of February and March 2023
Our jazz columnist chooses the best new jazz albums of the past two months while reflecting on the passing of Wayne Shorter and the Grammy Awards.
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Growing Into Yourself: Former Jazz Prodigies Joey Alexander and Nikki Yanofsky Mature
New mature albums by jazz prodigies Joey Alexander and Nikki Yanofsky demonstrate the potential and limitations of starting an artistic career as a child.
The Best Jazz of 2019
Our jazz critics create four quartets of great creative music, demonstrating four trends that keep "jazz" relevant in a new century.
Kendrick Scott Oracle’s ‘A Wall Becomes a Bridge’ Deftly Blends Genres into a Pleasing Jazz Form
Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott has kept a finely balanced band together, pulling together many lovely strands of American music to create jazz that is easy to hear but also complex and compelling. A reason to believe.
The Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point of View
A sextet of current Blue Note Recording artists releases a kind of thesis statement on how daring jazz mixes seamlessly with groove-based music, with a noted nod to the Blue Note past.
Romain Collin: Press Enter
Romain Collin makes crossover music sound easy on Press Enter.