The arrival of Fadenschlag, from Swiss jazz guitarist Mareille Merck and her trio Larus, reminds me that there was a time a few months ago that I said yes to a record label from that […]
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 maybe it is, then think of a jazz album that […]
“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 jazz musicians in Southern California.” That opening […]
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: Jazz Standards Vol. 2 […]
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 dark weeks in the Pacific […]
I’m not sure what type of morning we’re waking up to, but it almost has to be a good day to play Noshir Mody. The title of Mody’s new album, An Idealist’s Handbook: Love 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 every single jazz genre on an album. I […]
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 account of the day the performer decided […]
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? ‘Cuz right on cue we have another fascinating yet straightforward […]
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