Pete Mills, This Is Now Review Pete Mills’ This Is Now: Ensemble Design as Musical Expression By Nolan DeBuke On This Is Now, tenor saxophonist Pete Mills leads a flexible ensemble featuring Kenny Banks Jr. […]
New Jazz Underground, Hoodies Review New Jazz Underground: The Sounds Of Today’s Jazz By Nolan DeBuke New Jazz Underground’s debut album Hoodies blends styles for a current modern jazz sound because the ensemble understands how […]
Warren Wolf, Smoove Vibes Review Warren Wolf’s Smoove Vibes: Groove, Melody, and the Long Line By Nolan DeBuke Warren Wolf has long been known for what he can do on the vibraphone, but Smoove Vibes […]
Rafael Greco — Versos bajo mi sombra / Verses Under My Shadow Review Rafael Greco’s Verses Under My Shadow: The Sound of a Consistent Musical Mind By Ferell Aubre Keyboardist and composer Rafael Greco brings […]
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 […]
The Jazz Word 2021
