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Music Reviews: Harold Lopez-Nussa – ‘New Day’ & Bill O’Connell – ‘Zocalo’
New albums from Harold Lopez-Nussa and Bill O'Connell offer different takes on Latin jazz.
Read More »Music Review: The Modern Jazz Quartet – ‘The Modern Jazz Quartet: Germany 1956–1958: Lost Tapes’ [Remastered]
Early music of The Modern Jazz Quartet provides a good road map to the ensemble's aesthetic.
Read More »Music Review: Scott Jeppesen – ‘El Guapo’
This West Coast saxophonist's new album is both edgy and listenable.
Read More »Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Dizzy’s Big 4’ [Expanded & Remastered]
Even approaching 60, Dizzy Gillespie shows he hasn't lost the touch.
Read More »Music Review: Ahmad Jamal – ‘Saturday Morning’
Ahmad Jamal is a virtuoso in terms of his technique – he just chooses how and when to put that virtuosity on display.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker’ by Chuck Haddix
Filled with illuminating anecdotes from the people who knew the man, who saw at his best, who saw him at his worst.
Read More »Music News: WVIA’s Chiaroscuro Records Releases Two New Albums
Jazz flourishes on public radio's WVIA.
Read More »Music Review: Tony DeSare – ‘PiANO’
The triple threat's impressive new release has the piano doing everything but the vocals.
Read More »Concert Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Brad Mehldau at Carnegie Hall, October 9, 2013
The jazz pianist and composer holds his own amidst Beethoven and Brahms with an inspiring concert piece.
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