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Article: Album Review

Cecil Taylor: Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts

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by Joshua Weiner

"On one level you can look at him as one of the grandfathers of the free jazz tradition," says pianist Matthew Shipp of Cecil Taylor in the generous booklet included with Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts, a three-LP set released by Elemental Music for Record Store Day 2026 (CD and digital releases will also ...

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Roy Hargrove: Bern

Read "Bern" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny

Roy Hargrove was a unifying figure in jazz. He could move fluidly between straight-ahead bebop, hard bop, ballads, hip-hop, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and neo-soul without ever seeming to compromise his musical identity. This album, Bern, issued for the first time as a posthumous release, is a spectacular marker of a band playing at the highest ...

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Article: Book Review

Listen to Prestige Now, Think Later

Read "Listen to Prestige Now, Think Later" reviewed by Patrick Burnette

by Patrick Burnette

Listening to Prestige: Chronicling its Classic Jazz Records, 1949-1972 Tad Richards 250 Pages ISBN: 979-8-8558-0495-9 State University of New York Press 2025 Most jazz histories end up focusing on individual musicians, understandably enough. Talk about movements in jazz all you want: dixieland, swing, be-bop, hard-bop. You will end up talking ...

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Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase

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by Joshua Weiner

After 15 years in the vaults, Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase represents the first fruits of “Jazz Detective" producer Zev Feldman's expedition into the tape archives of Chicago club owner Joe Segal. Working with Joe's son Wayne Segal, Feldman and Resonance Records founder George Klabin have prepared a quartet of vinyl sets, recorded live at ...

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Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase

Read "Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Some live recordings capture a set. Others capture a feeling. Joe Henderson's Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase, Resonance Records' newly discovered limited edition 3LP Record Store Day release, followed shortly by a 2CD version, is more than just another archival find. It feels vibrant from the very first notes, reminding us how Henderson could turn ...

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Oscar Peterson Trio: The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

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by Pierre Giroux

There are live recordings that capture an engagement, and others that seem to revive an entirely vanished room. This newly unearthed Verve Records release from Detroit's Baker's Keyboard Lounge, recorded over five sets in August 1960, clearly falls into the latter category. More than just a historical curiosity, it reveals atmosphere, temperament, and mastery. The Oscar ...

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James Newton Quartet: Live in Willisau

Read "Live in Willisau" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Ecco una pubblicazione molto opportuna, a favore di un musicista il cui lavoro è assai poco documentato. Ne fotografa un momento iniziale, immerso nel campo del jazz, dentro un percorso che, nell'arco di oltre cinquant'anni, ha successivamente toccato tappe di molteplice orientamento, sviluppandosi nella musica accademica contemporanea, per orchestra e da camera, per balletto e danza ...

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Albert Ayler Quintet: Copenhagen, Bordeaux 1966 & Newport 1967 Live First Release

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by Mark Corroto

Heroin addicts often speak of chasing that first high for the rest of their lives. A similar impulse can be found among devoted listeners of Charlie Parker, the Grateful Dead and especially free jazz, perhaps most intensely among followers of saxophonist Albert Ayler. That initial encounter with Ayler's music, whether live or on record, can feel ...

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Arvind Ramdas: Here We Go

Read "Here We Go" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Arvind Ramdas emerges as a fresh voice in the jazz drumming world, hailing originally from India before planting roots in Vancouver, Canada. With his debut album, Here We Go, Ramdas pays homage to the bebop pioneers who shaped his musical DNA. This collection serves as both a personal milestone and a nod to the ...

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Article: Live Review

MetJazz 2026

Read "MetJazz 2026" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

MetJazz 2026 Teatro Metastasio e altre sedi Prato 16 febbraio--26 marzo 2026 La trentunesima edizione di MetJazz, il festival pratese organizzato dal Teatro Metastasio, era anche la prima dopo oltre vent'anni a non avere più come direttore artistico Stefano Zenni, ottimamente sostituito dalla coppia Enrico Romero e Giuseppe Vigna. Dopo l'anteprima ...


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