Individually or collectively, you will find these discs the foundation of an estimable jazz library. With their cover graphics and CD booklet design uniformly simple, and perhaps, unadorned to a fault ...

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Last year guitarist Mary Halvorson released one of her best albums, a peculiar solo recording of jazz standards and cover ... she’s dropped an even better record that showcases her continuously ...

But, the Jazz are not guaranteed the No. 1 pick. The best they could do this season was ensure best odds and get the worst record so they could go into the offseason knowing that they will get a ...

But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never ... less interest in putting it on record. John Coltrane’s death in July ...

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Brooklyn Babylon (New Amsterdam Records ... the best start.) 5. Dave Douglas, Time Travel (Greenleaf Music). Dave Douglas is the most inventive jazz trumpeter ...

He’s genuinely talented and hard-working, but he doesn’t know much about jazz beyond what he’s heard on records, and he doesn’t really know how to make music with other people. So when he ...

Other jazz records: John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige). Tenor Saxophonist ... The End of a Love Affair). Among his best: a gusty frolic called Lee-Antics, which rings its intricate ...

Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 143-105 loss to the Houston Rockets ... That’ll be something he’ll grow. And one of the best things about Isaiah is he knows what’s going on in the ...

Jazz is two things at once: it’s the oldest kind of pop music, and the youngest kind of “trad” music, alongside things like classical and opera. The best jazz albums, therefore, often sound ...

I was invited by Tom Hull to participate in the Francis Davis Jazz Critics mid-year poll for 2024. Here are my favorite recordings for the year to date, both new releases and reissues/archival albums.