Lis Wessberg featuring Veronika Rud, In the Wake of Blue Review Lis Wessberg’s In the Wake of Blue Moves in Slow Currents by Ferell Aubre In the Wake of Blue never really settles into stillness. […]
John Pizzarelli, Dear Mr. Bennett Review John Pizzarelli’s Dear Mr. Bennett: Where the Voice Ends and the Guitar Begins By Sylvannia Garutch John Pizzarelli has long worked the space between jazz guitarist and vocalist, but […]
Julian Lage Quartet, Scenes from Above Review Julian Lage’s Scenes from Above: Shaped in Real Time by Ferell Aubre Julian Lage’s Scenes from Above arrives with the expectations that follow his Blue Note work: refined […]
Stella Cole, My Funny Valentine Review Stella Cole’s My Funny Valentine: Classic Elegance Through Standards By Sylvannia Garutch Stella Cole’s My Funny Valentine is a three-song standards set deliberately built around a distinct jazz-vocal format. […]
Tom Lippincott, Ode to the Possible Review Tom Lippincott’s Ode to the Possible Through Motion By Nolan DeBuke Recurring drum figures, doubled melodies, group improvisational swells, and angular compaction and releases give Ode to the […]
Immanuel Wilkins Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1 Review Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Moods from Live at the Village Vanguard By Nolan DeBuke Immanuel Wilkins’ Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 1 documents a […]
Robert Jospé Quartet, The Night Sky Review Robert Jospé Quartet, The Night Sky: Rhythm Is The Core By Nolan DeBuke On The Night Sky, the Robert Jospé quartet treats rhythm as a distinction that matters. […]
Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project, Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) Review Lines in Motion: The Layered Ensemble Design of Vital Spark by Ferell Aubre Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler) brings together […]
Aubrey Johnson, The Lively Air Review Aubrey Johnson’s The Lively Air – A Composer’s Arrival by Sylvannia Garutch If Aubrey Johnson’s 2020 debut Unraveled felt like a promise interrupted by the sudden silence of the pandemic, her […]
The Scott Silbert Quartet, Dream Dancing: Celebrating Zoot Sims at 100 Review In the Space Between the Quarter Notes: Scott Silbert’s Dream Dancing By Nolan DeBuke The Scott Silbert Quartet’s Dream Dancing is a lineage-specific […]
The Jazz Word 2021
