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Sylvie Courvoisier: Amalthea

by Mike Jurkovic
November 9, 2026

Let us risk saying that the current scribe of this review is being suggestive, sexist, and stereotypical, (but not misleading) when commenting that Sylvie Courvoisier's piano tempts and seduces man and woman alike, from beginning to end, on the stand-out, nee stand alone, Amalthea . It would surely not make said commentator wrong. With muses and ...

Max Light: Unlearning

by Troy Dostert
November 8, 2026

Proving he is much more than just a talented guitarist, Max Light's latest effort, Unlearning, carries a great deal of emotional weight in addition to displaying his prodigious technique. Dedicated to his father, distinguished professor Paul Light, the album's concept concerns the elusive nature of memory and the challenges of disorientation when it no longer reliably ...

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Blue Moon Over Paris: ORTF Recordings 1963 and 1968

by Keith Flint
November 2, 2026

By the spring of 1963, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers had established themselves as something of a dynasty within the jazz community, irrespective of their lineup. As both a band leader and prodigious drummer, Blakey was a driving force who reigned from the throne behind his drum kit, around which he surrounded himself with players ...

Sylvie Courvoisier: Amalthea

by Jack Kenny
November 1, 2026

This quartet shares its instrumentation with the Modern Jazz Quartet: piano, vibraphone, double bass and drums. Yet listening closely to the two groups reveals how far jazz has travelled between 1950 and now. Like John Lewis, Sylvie Courvoisier has an allegiance to European art music; where the MJQ cultivated poised, contrapuntal elegance, Amalthea favours abrupt changes ...

Wadada Leo Smith: A Trumpeter Composing in Light

by Lawrence Peryer
October 31, 2026

Water Invites Listeners On A Fluid Musical Journey With NEC Students, Faculty And Special Guest Multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily On Tuesday, November 10th

October 29, 2026

New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts department presents Water, a concert inviting listeners on a fluid musical journey through sound, ritual, memory, and transformation on Tuesday, November 10 at NEC’s Jordan Hall. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free, but tickets are required. Information at necmusic.edu. Produced by Eden MacAdam-Somer and Anthony Coleman, Water features ...

From the Loft Scene to the Latest Blippy Synth Jazz... and more!

by Jon Greenbaum
October 25, 2026

Music from the last century: The New York Art Quartet, Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters, Sam Rivers, The Dave Holland Quintet and a new archival release from a live Sunny Murray, Arthur Doyle and Rasul Siddik date. Plus a dozen intense new releases! Playlist Jayne Cortez & The Firespitters “I See Chano Pozo" from ...

Clifford Jordan Quartet: Night of the Mark VII

by Pierre Giroux
October 24, 2026

Clifford Jordan's Night of the Mark VII, recorded live in Paris in 1975, is a remarkable document, a reminder of the simple pleasure of listening. It captures four musicians who know precisely who they are, yet remain open to whatever the moment brings. There is no unnecessary display or performative grandstanding. The players enjoy being together, ...

Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Jason Moran: Incantation

by Jack Kenny
October 19, 2026

The lineage of high-powered jazz duos runs from Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines's “Weather Bird" to Jason Moran and Caleb Wheeler Curtis. Where the earlier performance was a contest between two masters, the style here is conversational and exploratory. Across its 12 tracks, Incantation moves fluidly between free improvisation, original compositions, and affectionate engagements with jazz ...

Jason Robinson: Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef

by Keith Flint
October 18, 2026

From a single note a song takes form. From a single seed a tree grows. Consider Yusef Lateef's own words from “Where Are The Goodies?" Spheres: Stories by Yusef Lateef (Fana Publishing, 1976), “To find out in a hurry whether the roots are where the rich dirt is, look up at the tree and see if ...