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Jason Moran: Another One (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

It’s not immediately clear what is going on here. The three musicians seemingly play free – there’s no melody to spea...

The New Jazz Composers Octet: Bad Alchemy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

"Bad Alchemy" is an interesting reversal on the widely held assumption that modern jazz is more complex than rock, ma...

Alex Harding & Blutopia: The Calling (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 04, 09

The title (and lead) track on baritone saxophonist Alex Harding's The Calling is a moving—if unfortunately incomplete...

Jason Moran: Joga (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

The pianist Jason Moran is as adventurous with his repertoire as he is with his playing. The bandleader and in-demand...

Komeda Project: Ballad for Bernt (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 01, 09

Tribute bands, for better or worse, are increasingly setting the tone for the jazz scene. But a tribute band dedicat...

Fred Hersch: Misterioso (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 17, 08

The sophisticated stylizing of Fred Hersch is used to great effect on this rhythmically syncopated Monk tune, creatin...

Bruce Eisenbeil: Autumn Light/Elastic Horizon (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music December 03, 07

Bruce Eisenbeil's picture should be in the jazz dictionary next to the word 'angular.' A few seconds into “Autumn Lig...

M'Boom: Onomatopoeia (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 15, 09

M’Boom is an all-percussion ensemble, a special group formed in 1970; this recording is from 1979, so it was a while ...

Bunky Green: Another Place (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 03, 08

Apparently Bunky Green figured out early on that being a superb, even innovative, jazz alto saxophonist was hardly a ...

In Conversation with Fred Hersch posted in Features and Interviews May 19, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Lehman, Stephen (Hart) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lehman, Stephen (Hart), saxophonist, composer, educator, scholar; b. New York City, NY, 1 September 1978. Lehman was ...

In Conversation with Greg Osby posted in Features and Interviews November 16, 08

By Ted Panken “When you look the music's lineage, the people that stand out have something that's their ow...

Moran, Jason posted in Encyclopedia May 19, 09

Pianist Jason Moran has demonstrated an ability to strike a delicate balance between musical tradition and innovati...

Hersch, Fred posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Hersch, Fred, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1955, pianist and composer, has earned a place among the foremost musician...

In Conversation With Jack DeJohnette posted in Features and Interviews June 15, 09

By Ted Panken                 ...

Sellenraad, Will (Willem Piet) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Sellenraad, Will (Willem Piet), guitarist and composer; b. New York City, NY, 28 February 1971. His parents, Johan (b...

Jason Moran: Body and Soul (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 08, 08

Jason Moran recorded a slightly shorter solo version of the same tune – issued on Modernistic – just a few months ear...

Andrew Hill: Divine Revelation (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

"Divine Revelation" from Andrew Hill's A Beautiful Day, a live big band date recorded at Birdland in 2002, is an exam...

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DVD Roundup: Rewriting the History of European Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 09, 09

Thomas Cunniffe, an editor and regular contributor at jazz.com, keeps tabs on the movies for us—jazz movies, to be mo...

Day Three at Monterey posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 22, 09

Pamela Espeland, who writes on jazz for MinnPost.com and her own blog Bebopified, concludes her coverage of the 52n...

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