Search results for "Matt Leskovic"

Brad Mehldau: When It Rains (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

On Largo, Brad Mehldau moves away from his preferred piano trio format. The aptly titled “When It Rains” begins with ...

Christian Scott: Anthem (Antediluvian Adaptation) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 03, 09

Young, bold, and loquacious, New Orleans born trumpeter Christian Scott is a breath of fresh air to modern jazz. At a...

Brad Mehldau: Dear Prudence (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Brad Mehldau sounds completely comfortable bridging the gap between rock and jazz, and "Dear Prudence" is another of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

The Lives of the Jazz Greats posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 28, 09

Hidden behind the scenes of jazz.com, a team of writers has been working on building the world’s biggest on-line ja...

Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 05, 09

Jazz.com published its 6,000th article yesterday—a total which includes more than 4,000 track reviews contributed by...

Building the World's Largest Online Jazz Encyclopedia posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 12, 09

If I thought writing a blog was demanding, little did I guess how challenging it would be to construct an encyc...

Fifteen Tracks You Might Have Missed posted in The Jazz.com Blog May 07, 09

We have crammed so many track reviews into jazz.com's Intel® Quad-core XEON® Processor 7300 Series unit (conveniently...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

Charles Lloyd at Seventy posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 15, 08

Saxophonist Charles Lloyd releases a new CD this month on ECM in conjunction with his 70th birthday, which he celebra...

Lloyd, Charles posted in Encyclopedia August 20, 08

Multi-reedman Charles Lloyd combined John Coltrane’s sweeping approach to improvisation with his own light and supple...

Watch Out Wikipedia . . . Here We Come! posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 28, 08

The jazz.com team continues to work behind-the-scenes on our on-line Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Under the lead...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia                 ...

Hardman, Bill (William Franklin) posted in Encyclopedia May 17, 09

Bill Hardman was one of hard bop's go-to trumpeters, best known for his three separate stints in Art Blakey’s Jazz Me...

The Best of the Dozens posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 26, 09

Today jazz.com publishes the latest installment of its regular feature The Dozens. This article, written by S. Victo...

Essential Modern Jazz Trumpet posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 26, 07

More than thirty writers are contributing to jazz.com, but Matt Leskovic hits higher trumpet notes than the rest of u...

Jazz.com is One Year Old Today posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 09, 08

Today jazz.com celebrates its first birthday. And what a whirlwind year it has been! A team of more than 50 writer...

Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (Live at Town Hall, 1945) (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

With their landmark first studio session still warm on the shelves, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker treated a New ...

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

                 Trumpeter by...

Lou Donaldson (featuring Blue Mitchell): Midnight Creeper (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

The partnership between trumpeter Blue Mitchell and alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson is one of the more undervalued in ...

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

                 Trumpeter by...

Ornette Coleman: Eventually (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Ornette Coleman’s pianoless quartet stunned the jazz world when they opened at the Five Spot in New York in 1959. The...

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

                 Trumpeter by...

Previous Page | Next Page