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Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo at Harlem Stage Gatehouse

by Paul Reynolds
May 9, 2025

Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo Harlem Stage Gatehouse Carnegie Hall Citywide New York, NY May 3, 2025 The duets between alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist Luis Perdomo are among the most affecting jazz collaborations of recent years, and the most acclaimed. The first of the duo albums they've recorded ...

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"Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble

by Paul Reynolds
May 8, 2025

The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble The Tishman Auditorium at The New School “Escalator Over The Hill" New York, NY May 2, 2025 Ask greying jazz-rock fans about long-lost projects they never saw live and Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley is likely to come up. Released ...

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Miles Okazaki and Bill Frisell at the Miller Theater

by Paul Reynolds
April 21, 2025

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 ...

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Jason Moran at The Apollo Theater

by Paul Reynolds
April 18, 2025

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. ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant at Carnegie Hall

by Paul Reynolds
April 2, 2025

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.

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Fred Hersch and Donny McCaslin at Smoke Jazz Club

by Paul Reynolds
March 22, 2025

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.

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Terri Lyne Carrington's We Insist 2025! at Smoke Jazz Club

by Paul Reynolds
March 14, 2025

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 ...

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Tyshawn Sorey and Sandbox Percussion at 92NY

by Paul Reynolds
March 3, 2025

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 ...

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Allison Miller and Michelle Dorrance at 92NY

by Paul Reynolds
February 7, 2025

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 ...

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The Unity Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Paul Reynolds
January 17, 2025

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.