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Thelonious Monk Revisited

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 19, 2019

Thelonious Monk once said “play what you want and let the public pick up on what you are doing even if it does take them 15, 20 years." Luckily, he lived long enough to become fully embraced and celebrated before his passing. However, it's after his death that his music has really become central to the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jorge Rossy Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
February 18, 2019

As one of the most successful drummers of his generation, Jorge Rossy has lived in the States for many years, where he played before large audiences with the Brad Mehldau Trio and collaborated with jazz greats such as Paquito D'Rivera, Woody Shaw and Charlie Haden. In 2000 he moved back to his birthplace, Barcelona, ...

Article: Album Review

Larry Grenadier: The Gleaners

Read "The Gleaners" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
February 17, 2019

Bassist Larry Grenadier has a most impressive resume: multiple recordings with Herbie Mann, Paul Motian, Charles Lloyd, trumpeter/brother Phil Grenadier, vocalist/wife Rebecca Martin, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Jamie Saft, and many others. His brand has long been enhanced by his stellar work with Pat Metheny and a twenty-plus-year association with Brad Mehldau. It's not surprising that ...

Article: Live Review

JAZZTOPAD 2018

by Henning Bolte
February 16, 2019

Jazztopad Festival Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music National Forum of Music, Club Mleczarnia November 21-25, 2018 Jazztopad is the annual Jazz Festival of Poland's Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. Wroclaw, a vibrant, hip, internationally oriented city that never sleeps, has character, lots of peculiar neighborhoods, populated by ...

News: Award / Grant

61st GRAMMY Awards: Jazz Winners

February 12, 2019

And the winners of the 2019 GRAMMY Awards are... 31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only. ...

Article: Album Review

Aaron Goldberg: At The Edge Of The World

Read "At The Edge Of The World" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 27, 2019

One interesting aspect of this recording relates to eminent pianist Aaron Goldberg (Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman) reuniting with cutting-edge drummer, Leon Parker in Paris. Back in the 1990s, the artists' connected for a gig, but Goldberg was initially indoctrinated to the drummer's performances with pianists, Jacky Terrasson, Brad Mehldau and other notables. But as the press ...

Album

After Bach

By Brad Mehldau

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Before Bach: Benediction; Prelude No. 3 in C# Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 848; After Bach: Rondo; Prelude No. 1 in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 870; After Bach: Pastorale; Prelude No. 10 in E Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 855; After Bach: Flux; Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 857; After Bach: Dream; Fugue No. 16 in G Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 885; After Bach: Ostinato; Prayer for Healing.

Album

Seymour Reads The Constitution!

By Brad Mehldau

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Spiral; Seymour Reads the Constitution!; Almost Like Being in Love; De-Dah; Friends; Ten Tune; Great Day; Beatrice.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Chick & Steve, Two Pairs of Covers, Wordplay & More

by Marc Cohn
December 14, 2018

Putting a show together, I sometimes amuse myself by posing programmatic 'problems' that help break my usual routines. To wit: we offer you two pairs of disparate covers of Wayne Shorter and Thelonious Monk tunes during the first hour and play word games with tune titles in the second hour. The 2018 Downbeat Readers' ...

Article: Album Review

10³²K: The Law of Vibration

by Karl Ackermann
December 2, 2018

This is where the laws of physics meet the laws of the universe. The imaginative dynamism that marked 10³²K's debut That Which is Planted (Passin' Thru Records, 2014) is taken to another level on their new release The Law of Vibration. The trio of trombonist/trumpeter Frank Lacy, bassist Kevin Ray and percussionist Andrew Drury are joined ...