Jazz Articles about Jim Doherty

About Jim Doherty

Album Review

Few books have provoked such acclaim and disdain as Ulysses (1922), James Joyce's dense and dazzling opus. Banned in the UK, subject to an obscenity trial in the USA, scrutinized, vilified and glorified, it has inspired and baffled in equal measure. Its experimental stream-of-consciousness style--liberally laced with puns and mordant humor--has proven a literary Everest for many, an indigestible slog for others. Even Joyce's wife allegedly observed: “Why don't you write books people can read?" With ...

Album Review

Jim Doherty: Jim Doherty's Spondance

Read "Jim Doherty's Spondance" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 10, 2025

Jim Doherty never lacked ambition, but a suite for jazz ballet or even jazz dance was always going to be a difficult sell in '80s Ireland. All was not lost for the pianist and composer, however. A few strings pulled here and there saw Doherty and his long- term collaborator, Louis Stewart decamp to Los Angeles, where they spent two days with top session musicians. One day of rehearsals and another in the recording studio resulted in Spondance, a jazz ...

Radio & Podcasts

Eric Lilley, Jim Doherty, Jeremy Pelt, Dawn After Dawn, Sharel Cassity

by Cheryl K.
March 3, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by pianist and composer Eric Lilley, soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen, The Republic of Ireland's tenor saxophonist Michael Buckley and pianist Jim Doherty, drummer and composer Travis Brant, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, the trio project Dawn After Dawn, saxophonist Sharel Cassity, and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and CityBand. Playlist Shirly Horn “Quietly There" from Here's to Life: Shirley Horn with Strings (Verve) 6:08 Eric Lilley Trio “Satisfaction ...

Album Review

Astro: Eclipse: State Of The Baritone, Volume 6

Read "Eclipse: State Of The Baritone, Volume 6" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 17, 2024

For composer, author and saxophonist Anders Svanoe place is the space. That last part needs no correction as the proud Wisconsinite creates an abundance of sound 150 miles north of Chicago. He has been releasing his State Of The Baritone series, and Astro Eclipse is volume 6. Previously, he has investigated Latin jazz with El Dragón: State Of The Baritone Volume 5 (Irrabagast Records, 2022), Solo Flight: State Of The Baritone Volume 4 ((Irrabagast Records, 2019), plus a couple of ...