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Artist / CD Title / Record LabelBob Mintzer Big Band / For The Moment / MCGBobby Broom / Upper West Side Story / OriginStacey Kent / Dreamer In Concert /…
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As usual I have trouble confining my annual “Best of the year” list to the traditional ten and have thus weaseled my way around the issue by adding a few…
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Cuneiform Records continues to release some of the most daring and visionary progressive jazz recordings of our time. Two new efforts are of special…
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A band well known for their fearless re-arrangements of pop classics into unpredictable jazz explorations, The Bad Plus have returned with a program that…
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.Chicago based trumpeter and educator Pharez Whitted returns to the spotlight with an exciting new release, For The People. A bright, optimistic,…
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Return To Forever's new multidisc recording is an essential addition to any progressive jazz fans library. Founding Return To Forever group members Chick…
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Summertime has been a wonderful season for fine new jazz releases. With a proliferation of smaller labels that specialize in jazz music and independently…
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Drummer Lewis Nash leads a quintet at the Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver, BC from September of 2011. First call musicians share the stage in the persons of…
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Bassist Marcus Miller has released his second recording in less than a year. This one sees the veteran bassist, bandleader, sideman and famous associate…
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The fusion of West African & jazz musical traditions is impeccably achieved in the latest recording from guitarist Lionel Loueke. "Heritage" creates a…