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Article: Year in Review

Jerome Wilson's Best Releases Of 2018

by Jerome Wilson
December 18, 2018

It may be unwieldy to keep a large jazz ensemble together for economic reasons but this year was still full of outstanding big band recordings, whether done through commissions, arrangers working with established orchestras or even actual working ensembles. Several of the releases on my list are examples of that. Also this year had the usual ...

Article: Album Review

Edward Simon: Sorrows & Triumphs

Read "Sorrows & Triumphs" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
May 25, 2018

This project by pianist Edward Simon blends together many diverse elements. The music combines classical formalism with jazz energy and is performed by a combination of Simon's jazz quartet, Afinidad, and the woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, with some guest musicians added in. The compositions themselves are movements of two separate suites written by Simon, “Sorrows And ...

Article: Year in Review

C. Michael Bailey's Best Recordings of 2013

by C. Michael Bailey
December 11, 2013

For the last number of years I have been devoting myself almost exclusively to jazz vocals. This will be reflected this year as I will provide two best-of-2013 lists: one for (primarily) jazz vocals and one for everything else. Each year, there is more of both released than can be listened to. Vocal ...

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Article: Live Review

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2010

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 26, 2010

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various Venues Copenhagen, Denmark July 2-11, 2010With the current crisis of the major record labels and the folding of venues all over the world, it could be argued that jazz, as an art form, has entered the age of survival where it is simply a basic matter of ...