To be a critic is to risk being a boob. Those who dare to open their blabbermouths and spout an opinion are going to get called on the carpe...

Further Explorations , is a play on the 1961 LP from Evans, Scott LaFaro and Motian, Explorations . It’s a perfect title because the new re...

Here is one of best and unique recordings of 2011—a wildly fun and powerful outing from jazz guitarist Rez Abassi. Outwardly, this band (wit...

Late last year, jazz lost one of the quiet guys, the subtle guys, the guys that only insiders are really in love with. But it hurts more bec...

O these "best of year" lists! What good are they? Must everything in life be a competition? Yet they help to focus the mind an...

In 1975, Keith Jarrett recorded and ECM released a disc called The Koln Concert —fully improvised solo piano that came in three looooooong...

Most people don’t know what a vibraphone is. Why should they? The vibraphone (sometimes called a vibraharp and more often just called “the ...