Contemporary jazz, by design, can be easily divided into things you’ve heard before and things you haven’t heard before. If that sounds like oversimplifying, and [...]
“Collecting Things, the newest recording by guitarist and composer Mike Scott, is a pastiche of music styles mostly penned by Scott and performed by some of the top [...]
This might be a case of everything old being new again, but I waited so long to review Then: Jazz Standards Vol.1 from the Henry Robinett Quartet (website) that Then Again: [...]
Will this be the quietest winter ever? I’m counting on it. After four brutal and snowy winters in Upstate New York, I’m looking forward to the next few rainy and [...]
I’m sensing another trend in contemporary jazz. Here’s the formula: take a musician who has something new and original to say, and have that person play nearly [...]
Anson Wright isn’t an ordinary jazz guitarist. When you look at the bios and press sheets from the record company on most jazz musicians, you’ll find a detailed [...]
Was the foreshadowing too obvious when I discussed the possibility of a “purist jazz” trend in 2020 when I reviewed the Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet yesterday? [...]