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Spirituality in Jazz
by Joel Roberts
The ties between jazz and the church, especially the African American church, run deep, going back to the music's formative years and continuing to the present, as three recent releases by jazz pianists attest. Geri Allen Timeless Portraits and Dreams Telarc 2006 On Timeless Portraits and Dreams, ...
Afro-Semitic Experience: Plea for Peace
by Joel Roberts
As a Jewish guy married to an African woman and with a new baby boy we like to refer to as “our little Jewfrican, the music of the Afro-Semitic Experience resonates in my household. When we first saw them perform a few years ago at Tonic, we said, “The Afro-Semitic Experience... hey, that's us.
Jazz ABZ and Jazz
by Joel Roberts
Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers (illustrator) Hardcover; 76 pages ISBN: 0763621358 Candlewick 2005 Getting kids interested in jazz can be a challenge in the age of Britney Spears and “High School Musical," but it's vital if ...
Larry Willis: The Big Push & The Powers of Two, Vol. 2
by Joel Roberts
Pianist Larry Willis has had an important and distinguished 40-year career in jazz, even if his name isn't as well known as it should be. Since making his recording debut on Jackie McLean's landmark 1965 album Right Now!, the New York-born Willis, who turns 66 this month, has played everything from free jazz to fusion to ...
Dave Holland Quintet: Critical Mass
by Joel Roberts
Bassist extraordinaire Dave Holland believes that like fine wine, music shouldn't be unbottled before its time. Holland and his highly regarded quintet spent a year and a half honing and retooling the music on their new album until it reached the point he calls “critical mass, where “it has become what it's going to be.
Mulgrew Miller: Live at the Kennedy Center, Volume 1
by Joel Roberts
There's probably no better pianist working in the jazz mainstream today than Mulgrew Miller. The Mississippi native currently runs the jazz program at New Jersey's William Patterson University while maintaining a busy touring and recording schedule. Miller has come into his own as a leader in recent years after notable stints with Art Blakey, Woody Shaw ...
Jimmy Scott: Profiles
by Joel Roberts
No singer in jazz or popular music can convey heartache and loss with the conviction of Jimmy Scott. Then again, few have endured the struggles and overcome the challenges that the Cleveland native with the inimitable soprano has faced over his long and remarkable career. This compilation in Milestone's Profiles series draws from ...
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by Joel Roberts
While most jazz artists, even the great ones, tend to stick to the tried and true, Jason Moran has risen to the upper echelon of the jazz world by constantly challenging his audience. Listeners never really know what to expect from the 31-year-old pianist except that it's going to be fresh, intellectually rigorous, exceedingly of-the-moment music ...
Blackout: Stefon Harris's African Tarantella and Marc Cary's Focus
by Joel Roberts
Stefon Harris African Tarantella: Dances with Duke Blue Note 2006 Marc Cary Focus Motema 2006 Stefon Harris still looks like a kid at 30, but he's ...
Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio: Zep Tepi
by Joel Roberts
There's no better argument for the notion that jazz keeps you young than Randy Weston. Appearing last month at the Blue Note in support of Zep Tepi, the Brooklyn-born Weston showed that at eighty he remains one of the most vital and creative forces in jazz, as well as one of its most charismatic figures.
