Results for "Kurt Weill"

Kurt Weill

September Songs

by Katchie Cartwright
September 27, 2026

September songs mark the end of a long summer season and the beginning of one that promises to be shorter and cooler. Familiar compositions by the likes of Weill, Lins and Strayhorn stand with newer musings, performed by the composers and others. That's the long and short of it here in San Antonio, Texas, where the ...

New Reissue Series Offers A First-Class Ticket To Moodsville

by Joshua Weiner
September 22, 2026

With the rise of consumer culture in the 1950s and 1960s, hi-fi systems on which to play newly available stereo records became de rigueur for those who aspired to sophisticated leisure time. A wide variety of “mood music" albums, from classical to exotica to jazz, promised the perfect soundtrack for any emotional state or social gathering. ...

Rufus Wainwright: I’m a Stranger Here Myself

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 22, 2026

I'm a Stranger Here Myself--Wainwright Does Weill (Thirty Tigers, 2025) is a project decades in the making. Rufus Wainwright's affection for the music of Kurt Weill dates back to his twenties, though the idea of an album began to take shape more recently, following a series of concerts at the storied Café Carlyle in 2023. From ...

Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, Martin Nevin: Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, Martin Nevin

by Max Kutner
January 6, 2026

Centering the theme of an album around the sum of its performers is hardly a new idea but one that nevertheless yields innumerable possibilities of expression as personalities will always be unique. The dynamic between Luke Bergman, Jason Burger, and Martin Nevin on this self-titled recording is no exception to that rule but speaks to the ...

Ramona Horvath: Absinthe

by Artur Moral
December 22, 2025

How could one not connect with someone who, from her debut album as a leader, Lotus Blossom (Black & Blue, 2017), demonstrated such knowledge and admiration for Billy Strayhorn's timeless compositions? Or who, in the liner notes of her new project, counts among her supporters fellow pianists of the stature of Giovanni Mirabassi, Ignasi Terraza and ...

Masabumi Kikuchi: Hanamichi--The Final Studio Recording Vol. II

by Dan McClenaghan
November 22, 2025

Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi (1939 -2015) enjoyed a decent profile via his albums under his own name--30-plus discs--and from his work with drummer Paul Motian and bassist Gary Peacock in his Tethered Moon group. But he deserved more. He was an original who worked in an inspired--if somewhat quirky--journeyman fashion until he bloomed in his late ...

Kate Wyatt Trio: Murmurations

by Neil Duggan
October 30, 2025

Murmurations, the dazzling aerial spectacle of starlings swirling together to form ever-changing shapes, is an apt title for this album from the Kate Wyatt Trio. The trio show a similar intuitive understanding, moving in unity while remaining attuned to each member's subtle shifts. Kate Wyatt is a Montreal pianist with a string of recordings ...

Gunhild Carling at Jazz, TX

by Katchie Cartwright
October 26, 2025

Gunhild Carling Jazz, TX The New Season 2025/25San Antonio, TX October 23, 2025 Audiences at Jazz TX are accustomed to programming with a dash of camp. The 2025 fall season includes these theme shows: Soul'd Out (featuring Adam Carillo and His Quartet), Villains and Magic (A Disney Halloween), Vintage Vegas ...

Sonhos, Pesadelos & An American Tune

by Katchie Cartwright
September 21, 2025

Dreams and nightmares this week on Caminhos do Jazz, with a host of superb Brazilian performers, including singers Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Alaide Costa, Lenine and the MPB group Nação Zumbi. The set also includes a cut by the extraordinary Norwegian world-jazz ensemble Music for a While, featuring vocalist Tora Augestad, and one from the renowned ...