Live Review
Reporting on live jazz from around the globe.
Arturo O’Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Town Hall
by Ernest Barteldes
Arturo O' Farrill & Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra With guests Hamilton de Holanda, Yamandu Costa and Cyro Baptista Town Hall New York, NY June 7, 2024 Backed by the 18-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, pianist Arturo O'Farrill started a celebration of Brazilian music with “Alafia," a Latin-tinged jazz tune before welcoming Cyro Baptista to the stage for a rendition of Hermeto Pascoal's “Bebe," a syncopated, northeastern Brazilian tune that showcased many of his ...
read moreJazz Is Dead at Nectar's
by Doug Collette
Jazz Is Dead Nectar's Burlington, Vermont June 4, 2024 Originally spearheaded in 1998 by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis), Jazz Is Dead has incorporated more than a few different personnel configurations over the course of its quarter-century plus existence. Having coalesced most recently to feature guitarists Steve Kimock and Bobby Lee Rodgers, bassist Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report) and drummer Pete Lavezzoli , the group celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary by hitting the road ...
read moreCedric Burnside at Globe Hall
by Geoff Anderson
Cedric Burnside Globe Hall Denver, Colorado May 31, 2024 It's raw. And it's real. Cedric Burnside is no poseur. He is the Hill Country Blues. He's lived it. He grew up in it. Cedric Burnside's version of the blues is as authentic as it gets. Grandson of Hill Country Blues trailblazer R.L. Burnside, Cedric lived with R.L., his Big Daddy, toured with him and learned the ways of a traveling bluesman. Big Daddy's ...
read moreRoberto Olzer Trio at Studio Annette
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Roberto Olzer Trio Studio Annette Tribute to Bernardo Sassetti jny:Tel Aviv May 24, 2024 There are concerts that are so mesmerizing that one is left feeling on a high for days after it occurred. This was certainly the case with “Dreams of Others," a concert billed as a tribute to the Portuguese pianist and composer Bernardo Sassetti's music, that was held at the Annette Studio in Tel Aviv at the end of May.
read moreChris Oatts’ Pretty Big Band at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
Chris Oatts' Pretty Big Band Chris' Jazz Café jny:Philadelphia, PA May 28, 2024 The nonet, a nine-member ensemble which enables features of both small group and big band arranging and playing, has probably deserved greater use than it has seen in jazz over the years. Among the most notable applications was Bob Brookmeyer's use of it in the 1950s to bring together music and musicians from the big band era and ...
read moreTRIAD with Dominick Farinacci, Christian Tamburr and Michael Ward-Bergeman at The Jazz Corner
by Gloria Krolak
TRIAD with Dominick Farinacci, Christian Tamburr and Michael Ward-Bergeman The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC May 24, 2024 It was a Memorial Day weekend to remember. Like you, we honored veterans, welcomed back the summer season, and had some fun on an extra day off. Christian Tamburr, Dominick Farinacci and Michael Ward-Bergeman debuted their co-led ensemble TRIAD and their eponymous new album at The Jazz Corner on Hilton Head Island, SC. As the host ...
read moreDavid Murray Quartet at The Village Vanguard
by Mike Jurkovic
David Murray Quartet Village Vanguard New York, NY May 14, 2024 David Murray's feisty sax sound--sharp, honest, torrential--kicked off this particularly West Side spring evening whirling through “Ninno" one of the seven highlight jams on the richly rewarding Francesca (Intakt Records, 2024). The new quartet--Murray, wizened pianist Marta Sanchez, old soul bassist Luke Stewart, and beat-wise drummer Russell Carter--had its bold premiere at the Village Vanguard in January 2023. In the subsequent year ...
read moreGilmore Piano Festival 2024
by John Ephland
Irving S. Gilmore International Piano FestivalKalamazoo, MIApril 24 to May 12, 2024 Thelonious Monk ends his 1967 album Straight, No Chaser with the song “We See." This Monk classic quartet remake from the 1950s was also the last piece of jazz music performed at this year's Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival. This time it was played by the Paul Cornish Trio. 'We See" was the only cover the group played in their (otherwise) startling all-original ...
read moreRon Carter and Russell Malone at the Museum of Modern Art
by Paul Reynolds
Ron Carter and Russell Malone Museum of Modern Art New York, NYMay 28, 2024 “This is really something. I thought maybe 15 people would show up," Ron Carter said in modest surprise as he scanned the massive crowd that packed the sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art--and even spilled over into MoMA's lobby, with people pressed against the floor-to-ceiling windows behind the stage to see and hear. Carter was an inspired ...
read moreKurt Elling and the National Jazz Orchestra at the MNT Theatre
by Nenad Georgievski
Kurt Elling & National Jazz Orchestra MNT Theatre jny:Skopje, Macedonia May 15, 2024 Kurt Elling and the National Jazz Orchestra graced the stage of the MNT Theatre in Skopje, Macedonia, delivering an extraordinary performance. This marked their second collaboration after their unforgettable encounter at Lisinski Hall in jny:Zagreb, Croatia, in 2021, where they left audiences awe-inspired. However, the intimacy of the venue in Skopje added a new layer of intensity to the performance.
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