Billy Childs, Triumvirate Review Billy Childs’ Triumvirate: A Piano Language in Full By Nolan DeBuke For all the conversation that naturally surrounds Triumvirate as Billy Childs’ first trio recording in decades, the album is a compelling […]
Chris Potter, Alive With Ghosts Today Review Chris Potter’s Alive With Ghosts Today: The Shape of Collective Motion by Nolan DeBuke Chris Potter’s Alive With Ghosts Today unfolds as a jazz record that mixes chamber […]
Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Agua Con Gas Review Dave Schumacher & Cubeye’s Agua Con Gas Swings on Both Sides of the Rhythm By Ferell Aubre Dave Schumacher’s Agua Con Gas, performed by Cubeye, is an […]
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. […]
The Jazz Word 2021
