Charlie Haden

Paul Motian, R.I.P.

Jazz lost an icon, and the New York City scene a fixture, last week, when drummer Paul Motian died from complications with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disorder. Motian's career stretched back over six decades, but his name had been inextricably linked with the famed haunt the ... More >>

Jason Moran Tops Himself

The adventurous Ten headlines the Voice's Fifth Annual Jazz Critics' Poll

The 2010 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

Piano Continues Here: On Spectacular New Works From Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor

This Week in the Voice: Subprime Candidate - Inside Rick Lazio's Biggest Wall Street Deals

​In 2007, current New York gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio was a JPMorgan Chase executive, one who sent emails like all the other JPMorgan executives. The difference, though? Some of Lazio's emails -- which the Village Voice has now obtained and published -- show the details of just how inv ... More >>

Stan Getz: Improving on Perfection

The seven-disc People Time offers endless, heartbreaking felicities

Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors

Tonight! Kora/Banjo Music, Dubstep

Popular musicians from Africa (see: K'Naan, Baaba Maal) often compare themselves to griots, the hereditary retainers of histories, art, and song. Instead renown Kora player Foday Musa Suso, who was actually born into the caste, makes overtures with American folk music at the City Winery tonight. T ... More >>

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

Obama-Be, Obama-Bop

Celebrating a historic night with once-cynical jazz heavyweights

Swing Votes

Jazz gets political again, just in time

Jessica Williams's Songs for a New Century

Overlooked jazz pianist gets a little too sleepy

Old Forms, Fresh Outlooks

Innovation reigns, from 36-CD retrospectives to the Hüsker Dü of free jazz

Interview: Jazz Guitarist Bill Frisell

Songs of Faith and Devotion

Alice Coltrane's legacy boldly mingles the spiritual with the musical

Fractious Grammar

More fun with freshly revived old masters and wily young students

Quote Unquote

Homages, paraphrases, and glorious messes from Ornette, Sonny, and Mingus

Territorial Imperatives

A party band fluent whether the language is Count Basie, Don Cherry, or 'Darling Nikki'

The John Coltrane Guide

From sideman to mesmerizer to evangelical to interstellar space

Geri Allen Meets Her Match and Channels Her

Democracy Now

Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, and a band that looks almost like America take back the flag

Jazz Top Ten 2004: Sonic liberations and elements of style

Ravi Coltrane Returns a Whole Lifetime's Worth of Small and Large Favors

Bach-Loving Bassist Pays Tribute to Mexico, Puts Beauty Before Bush

Dixieland Digs Ornette

Outcats Inc.

The cats are really cooking on CIMP out in Redwood, and so is the label owner's wife

Ornette and Others

JVC Bounces Back Right on Schedule

2003 JVC Jazz Festival

Jazz

Raiford Radiates

Is L.A. Ballet an Oxymoron?

Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

Intelligence Data

Mood Swings

Tom Harrell Samples the Bitter With the Better

Nashville

An Eternal Sideman Claims the World

Billy Higgins, 1936–2001

The Perfect Drummer, Exactly Right and Exactly Like Himself

Saved by the Classics

Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

Freed Jazz

The Philosopher King Brings Himself to It

The Masters Have It

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

Between Intermissions

Milling at the Mall

Jazz's New Wing

Consumer Guide