Monday, July 23, 2018
Miguel Zenón's extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMWednesday, July 18, 2018
You might argue that this session was forgotten, but this new release shouldn’t be thought of as lost -- because no one was looking for it
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMSaturday, July 14, 2018
Nightconcert contains enough that is new and fresh to make this album one of the exciting discoveries of the year.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMSunday, July 8, 2018
One of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMSaturday, July 7, 2018
Among the festival's highlights: pianist-singer Jeremy Dutcher, who arrived on the stage of the tiny club Gesu dressed in shorts and a long flowing black robe with a hood.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMSaturday, June 30, 2018
Pianist Harold López-Nussa is his own bold and expressive rhythm section.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:36PMSunday, June 24, 2018
There are no missteps on this disc. Buster Williams and company make all the complications swing, mightily.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:42PMWednesday, April 25, 2018
Juan Andrés Ospina is not just an original big band writer, but a deeply satisfying one as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:32PMSaturday, April 7, 2018
One doesn’t have to have gone too deeply into Buddhism to recognize its influence on the titles found here, and perhaps on the music as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:17AMMonday, March 19, 2018
Indo-Pak Coalition's energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle -- it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:04PMTuesday, March 13, 2018
For poet Philip Levine, music is not only a good thing in life: the good things in life are music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:22PMMonday, February 26, 2018
One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful. Bill Frisell: Music IS (Okeh/Sony Masterworks) By Michael Ullman In 1982, after having recorded with…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:05AMSaturday, January 27, 2018
Three jazz singers go outside of the Great American Songbook -- with entrancing results.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:23AMThursday, January 4, 2018
Brian Blade is not only a skillfully discreet: he can be as powerful as any drummer since Elvin Jones.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:27PMFriday, December 29, 2017
The late Roswell Rudd tried every sound a trombone could make, all of his efforts marked with a natural musicality.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AMTuesday, October 24, 2017
That’s why Wadada Leo Smith’s musical visions are so miraculous: there's an impression of drift, yet they rarely meander.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMMonday, October 16, 2017
The evening will be an invaluable opportunity to hear sounds, textures, and melodies created by a veteran composer/arranger.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMSunday, September 3, 2017
A gripping autobiography and beautiful new solo CD from a master jazz pianist -- Fred Hersch.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PMMonday, August 21, 2017
Matt Wilson's album includes both beautifully performed musical settings and readings of Carl Sandburg poems.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMTuesday, August 15, 2017
John Beasley and his big band doesn’t tame Monk or make him uncharacteristically pretty.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMSaturday, July 29, 2017
Hudson serves up varied, fresh, and exciting free jazz that imaginatively draws on rock, funky blues, and folk music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMThursday, July 13, 2017
Pianist Ahmad Jamal rose to fame by doing something completely different.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMThursday, July 6, 2017
Of course, neither saxophonist sounds precisely like Coltrane: there would be no point in trying.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMFriday, February 17, 2017
This collection demonstrates that the music of Ornette Coleman is in tune with something elemental and essential in the human spirit.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMSunday, December 18, 2016
Several of these discs, including the sublime Jim Hall-Red Mitchell collaboration, are unexpected pleasures.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMMonday, December 12, 2016
Contagious enjoyment is very much the goal of Ken Field’s Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. Mission accomplished.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMSaturday, November 26, 2016
Dave Liebman’s band, like its adventurous leader, is more than willing to take a deep dive.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:54PMWednesday, November 23, 2016
Collectors and serious blues fans will want to own this invaluable set.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:31PMFriday, November 4, 2016
Over a dozen short notices of recent jazz recordings that I find musically stimulating.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMTuesday, September 27, 2016
Country for Old Men is surely going to stand as one of the best, as well as among the most unusual, recordings of the year.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:13AMMonday, August 22, 2016
"When you think about music it's got to be that way. Just the thrill of being able to play another note, not to win anything or get a trophy.”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:28PM 
