Jazz

'Kaleidoscope Eyes' is the Beatles’ music like you haven’t heard before.

LABtrio and friends manage to walk the edge between adventurous sonic exploration and noise.

When it comes to truly creative work with the soprano sax today, Jane Ira Bloom is the name to remember.

Anthony Braxton's 'Quintet (Tristano)' is a listening experience that I highly recommend.

If you are adventurous in your listening choices and want a bit of the unknown to color your listening experience, then I heartily encourage you to listen to Mr. Branxton’s 3 Compositions many, many times.

Meron is a melodist with talent.

Following in the footsteps of an icon like Wes Montgomery, is a daunting prospect; Charlie Ballantine has bravely taken the first of those footsteps.

For fans of top-flight Brazilian-oriented jazz, any time Adolfo is recording, that is a very good thing.

Fanfare Ciocarlia's 'Onwards to Mars' continues to break all stereotypes you might have about a brass band.

One of the long-running Jim Cullum Jazz Band's great achievements is its jazz-band version of 'Porgy and Bess,' now available on a two-CD set, including narration by William Warfield, who played Porgy on stage many times.