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Miles Okazaki and Bill Frisell at the Miller Theater
by Paul Reynolds
Miles Okazaki and Bill Frisell The Miller Theater, Columbia University New York, NY April 15, 2025 When musicians collaborate for the first time, the setlist usually settles around shared music they love and often play. For guitarists Bill Frisell and Miles Okazaki, in their debut as a duo on Tuesday, that ...
Jason Moran at The Apollo Theater
by Paul Reynolds
Jason Moran Apollo Theater “Ellington in Focus" New York, NY April 11, 2025 The works of jazz's greatest composer, played brilliantly by a current master, alone at a concert grand piano. Jason Moran's solo tribute to Duke Ellington last Friday could have triumphed on any stage or in any context. ...
Cecile McLorin Salvant at Carnegie Hall
by Paul Reynolds
Cecile McLorin Salvant Carnegie Hall “With Every Breath I Take" New York City March 27, 2025 “I'm nervous, so these are already a little clammy," announced Cecile McLorin Salvant as she removed her magenta gloves--part of a characteristically soigné outfit--early in her Carnegie Hall concert on Thursday.
Fred Hersch and Donny McCaslin at Smoke Jazz Club
by Paul Reynolds
Fred Hersch with Donny McCaslin Smoke Jazz and Supper Club New York City March 14, 2025 The pairing of pianist Fred Hersch and saxophonist Donny McCaslin at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club was a dazzling demonstration of musical chemistry--a duo performance that far exceeded the sum of its parts.
Terri Lyne Carrington's We Insist 2025! at Smoke Jazz Club
by Paul Reynolds
Terri Lyne Carrington We Insist! 2025 Smoke Jazz and Supper Club New York City March 7, 2025 How best to revisit a classic album of Civil Rights-era jazz activism two generations after the fact? If you are drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, and you're re-imagining--her word--"We Insist! by Max Roach, you ...
Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion at 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion 92NY “Max Roach at 100" New York City February 21, 2025 Serious and uncompromising artist that he was, drummer Max Roach would have appreciated the singularly offbeat--if you will--tribute that Tyshawn Sorey paid to him at 92NY. “Max Roach at 100" was a salute to ...
Allison Miller and Michelle Dorrance at 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
Allison Miller and Michelle Dorrance 92NY “Rivers in Our Veins"New York, NY February 2, 2025 Jazz and tap have long been enthusiastic dance partners. With “Rivers in Our Veins," drummer and composer Allison Miller adds further art forms to the mix. The 80-minute piece celebrating America's waterways marries ...
The Unity Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center
by Paul Reynolds
Rachall and Vilray and others Jazz at Lincoln Center Unity Festival New York, NY January 11, 2025 In its second year, the Unity Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center--audaciously counter-programmed against the NYC Winter JazzFest--again presented a diverse two-day program, this time including tributes to two fallen jazz giants.
Amber Iman At 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
Amber Iman 92NY Rebel With A Cause: The Artistry and Activism of Nina Simone New York City December 9, 2024 Nina Simone blazed a trail as an often-political jazz singer at a time when women entertainers--especially Black ones--were discouraged from highlighting racial injustice and other unpleasant truths in their work. ...
The Abdullah Ibrahim Trio at 92NY
by Paul Reynolds
The Abdullah Ibrahim Trio 92NY New York, NY November 18, 2024 South Africa arguably offers the headiest jazz brew found beyond the borders of the U.S. And since the 2018 death of trumpeter Hugh Masekela, the undisputed elder statesman of the nation's jazz has been Masekela's former '50s Johannesburg band mate, ...
