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Article: In Pictures

Reimagining Bitches Brew at the New York City Winter Jazzfest

Read "Reimagining Bitches Brew at the New York City Winter Jazzfest" reviewed by Dave Kaufman

by Dave Kaufman

Each year, the New York City Winter JazzFest, in collaboration with the music-promotion collective Pique-Nique, presents its “Take Two" series, which revisits and reimagines landmark recordings from the jazz canon. Previous editions have paid tribute to historically significant works, including a memorable presentation of Max Roach's Members, Don't Git Weary (Leo Lab, 1968) several years ago. ...

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Article: Album Review

John Vanore & Abstract Truth: Easter Island Suite

Read "Easter Island Suite" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

The spirit of Oliver Nelson and the thousand ghosts of Easter Island loom large over John Vanore & Abstract Truth's Easter Island Suite. The Nelson side of the equation has its roots in trumpeter Vanore's attendance at a Nelson-directed summer program at Indiana University, which led him, as a student, into deeper explorations of Nelson's work, ...

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Article: Big Band in the Sky

Remembering Marilyn Mazur: Percussion Shaman

Read "Remembering Marilyn Mazur: Percussion Shaman" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Marilyn Mazur, the trailblazing Danish drummer, percussionist, composer and bandleader, who enjoyed an extraordinarily varied career, has died at the age of 70. In over fifty years working in jazz and improvised music, Mazur collaborated with Alex Riel, Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Charlie Mariano, Jon Balke, Dhafer Youssef, and Jan Garbarek, amongst many others. She holds ...

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Article: Live Review

Tommy Halferty's Whirlpool At Scott's Jazz Club

Read "Tommy Halferty's Whirlpool At Scott's Jazz Club" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Tommy Halferty's Whirlpool Scott's Jazz Club Tribute to Miles Davis' In A Silent WayBelfast, N. Ireland January 16, 2025 In the centenary year of Miles Davis' birth, homages will take many forms. There will be the inevitable re-releases, box sets, books, and an ocean of opinion pieces. Concerts paying tribute to jazz's greatest chameleon ...

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Article: Interview

Dave McMurray Hears Himself In All Of Detroit's Music

Read "Dave McMurray Hears Himself In All Of Detroit's Music" reviewed by John Chacona

by John Chacona

Saxophonist and composer Dave McMurray has much of the celebrated history of Detroit music in his memory and under his fingers. Now 70, and with four acclaimed releases on the storied Blue Note label, he is arguably at the pinnacle of a long and remarkably varied career. All the strands of that career are ...

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Article: Album Review

John Scofield/Dave Holland: Memories Of Home

Read "Memories Of Home" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

It should come as no surprise that guitarist John Scofield and bassist Dave Holland sound so simpatico on Memories Of Home. The two veteran musicians have traveled in similar and familiar circles over the course(s) of their decades-long careers. As the duo selectively recalls touchpoints of their history with their choices of material here, they implicitly ...

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Article: Album Review

Usein Bekirov: Free Way Deluxe

Read "Free Way Deluxe" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Labels, reductive at best, prove especially slippery when applied to Lviv-based pianist-keyboardist Usein Bekirov. Ethno-jazz, ethno-fusion, jazz-funk--all these titles and more have followed his music around since his debut album, Taterrium (4Records, 2016). Born in Uzbekistan but raised in Crimea from the age of eight, Bekirov has drawn variously on his Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar roots, ...

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Article: Album Review

John Scofield & Dave Holland: Memories Of Home

Read "Memories Of Home" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

"Jazz is best when it's completely carefree. The only problem is when you care about the music more than anything in the world--how do you get carefree?" John Scofield raised the conundrum in a a 2023 interview, though you suspect he has been working out the riddle his entire career. Ditto bassist Dave Holland. On Memories ...

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Article: Album Review

Ian Torres: Comprovisation

Read "Comprovisation" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Chicago-based trumpeter Ian Torres is an accomplished composer, arranger, and educator. From 2008 to 2014, he was the leader of one of the most exciting big bands in the city's history.  After a hiatus of over a decade, Torres returns with his second release, Comprovisation, a portmanteau term meaning the merging of composition and improvisation. The ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis with The Lutosławski Quartet, Carolyn Trowbridge, Shifa شفاء

Read "Kris Davis with The Lutosławski Quartet, Carolyn Trowbridge, Shifa شفاء" reviewed by Cheryl K.

by Cheryl K.

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by pianist/composer Kris Davis with Poland's Lutosławski Quartet; guitarist Dave Stryker; saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano; vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Trowbridge; the Joe Policastro Trio; and the trio Shifa شفاء. Playlist Matthew Shipp Trio “Ball in Space" from The Conduct of Jazz ...


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