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Unscientific Italians: Frisellian Magic
If Italian film director Nanni Moretti had been born in 1973 instead of 1953, he might well have set the iconic Vespa ride through the empty streets of a languid, mid-August Rome in Caro Diario against a Bill Frisell rather than a Keith Jarrett soundtrack.
By Ludovico GranvassuSeptember 22, 2021
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Jon Hendricks: An Essential Top Ten Albums
Considering he reached the ripe old age of 37 before recording an album, Jon Hendricks' jazz legacy is remarkable. Although a singer, in his head he was more of an instrumentalist. When he improvised, he would imitate the...
By Peter JonesSeptember 16, 2021
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The 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival: A Commitment to the Music, Day 1
This is the first of four pieces covering the 2021 Detroit International Jazz Festival. Two weeks before the festival, a decision was made to go to a virtual format due to the surge provided by the Delta variant of Covid-19...
By Paul RauchSeptember 13, 2021
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Wayne Shorter: An Essential Top Ten Albums
At the start of September 2021, trumpeter Terence Blanchard released Absence (Blue Note), dedicated to saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, who for health reasons had recently been obliged to retire from...
By Chris MaySeptember 8, 2021
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John Clayton: Career Reflections
John Clayton is as interesting to talk to as he is an artist of great talent and experience. The former has allowed him to interact with numerous major figures of his time as well as have long tenures performing with aggregations as diverse as...
By Schaen FoxSeptember 3, 2021
