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Justin Vasquez: Triptych (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Contemporary jazz commands such a wide playing field. On one end there’s the kind you hear in grocery stores and ele...

Dave Douglas: Poses (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Jazz musicians have traditionally turned to pop music for vehicles for instrumental improvisation. Today’s progressiv...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL MODERN JAZZ TRUMPET SOLOS

                 Trumpeter by...

Maria Schneider: The 'Pretty' Road (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 28, 07

Maria Schneider continues to impress with her 13-minute "The 'Pretty' Road" from her Sky Blue CD. Frank Kimbrou...

Maria Schneider: Cerulean Skies (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 08

We have come to expect grand things from Maria Schneider, and she delivers again on "Cerulean Skies" -- a 22-minute t...

Kate McGarry: Let's Face the Music and Dance (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 30, 08

Vocalist Kate McGarry just gets better and better with each CD. And ever more daring! Fred Astaire would hardly rec...

Dave Douglas: Unison (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 06, 08

Dave Douglas stands alone as the most distinctive trumpeter on today's scene. His playing nods to comparatively minor...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE NEW STANDARDS

Jazz musicians have always used popular music for improvisational vehicles. Songs from Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, eve...

Rondi Charleston: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 17, 09

Charleston has taken an unusual career path. Leaving Juilliard to become an opera singer, she then went on to study ...

Dave Douglas: Unison (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

The trumpeter Dave Douglas’s take on “Unison” is no match for Bjork’s sublime and bouncy original recording. Absent f...

Dave Douglas: Culture Wars (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 20, 08

Donny McCaslin had Chris Potter's big shoes to fill when he joined the Dave Douglas quintet, and on the trumpeter's M...

In Conversation With Brian Blade posted in Features and Interviews July 14, 09

By Ted Panken "The way I was brought up, boundary lines were never laid on the ground between people or the musi...

Piltzecker, Ted posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Piltzecker, Ted, vibraphone, composer, educator; b. Passaic, NJ, 22 May 1950 He grew up in Fair Lawn, NJ and recei...

Ohno, Shunzo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ohno, Shunzo, trumpeter, composer; b. Gifu, Japan, 22 March 1949. (A note about spelling: When Shunzo first arrived i...

Dave Douglas featuring Chris Potter: The Infinite (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

This Dave Douglas composition is built on relatively simple harmonic and rhythmic material because like most of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Franco Ambrosetti: Frasi (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

Born and still living in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, Franco Ambrosetti is a veteran of European jazz an...

Marshall Gilkes: The Crossover (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 04, 08

The contrast between this track's introduction ("Crossover Intro") and body couldn't be more stark. For a little over...

Marshall Gilkes: Lost Words (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music September 05, 08

When reading this you need to know that this is my second review of a trombonist's CD that I am writing today – the o...

Luciana Souza: Never Let Me Go (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 02, 09

Luciana Souza is a Brazilian vocalist with extraordinary range. As comfortable with the contemporary classical music ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 JAZZ DIVAS YOU NEED TO KNOW

       Singer in Red, artwork by Suzanne Cerny “Jazz singer” used to ...

Claudia Acuña: El Cigarrito (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

In a better world, where radio stations hadn't been dumbed down to nincompoop levels, this song would be getting sign...

Jazz Report from Stockholm posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 22, 09

David Tenenholtz reports on the Stockholm Jazz Festival below, in the first installment of a two-part article. T.G. ...

Scott, Stephen posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 09

Pianist Stephen Scott’s polished tone, impressive articulation and elegant phrasing have drawn attention since his ar...

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