Dave Douglas

Life, Death, and Rebirth at the CareFusion and Vision Jazz Festivals

Week in Review: A Safe Atmosphere

Those flower pots aren't going to replace themselves. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week that 25,000 people converged on a South Street Seaport venue meant for only about 10,000, were denied a free Drake concert, and promptly began rioting, we dodged metal chairs, watched as Police Commission ... More >>

Live: Bernie Worrell, Matthew Shipp, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, And Graham Haynes Animate The Undead Jazzfest

Bernie Worrell and SociaLybrium doing "Super Stupid" a few days back Undead Jazzfest (Le) Poisson Rouge/Kenny's Castaways/Sullivan Hall Saturday, June 12 Just as the Vision Festival furthers its avant brand with smaller annual productions, the Winter Jazzfest braintrust expanded its reach this pa ... More >>

Full Undead Jazzfest Lineup Announced, Dismayingly Short On Actual Zombies

Roswell Rudd has my favorite of the snapshots collected here​Early January's Winter Jazzfest, a two-night, multi-venue fete that lured thousands of folks into Greenwich Village to see dozens of downtown-jazz stalwarts (Voice poll darlings Vijay Iyer and Darcy James Argue were among the star at ... More >>

Vijay Iyer Tops the Fourth Annual Village Voice Jazz Poll

Historicity and records from other fresh faces take our 2009 jazz poll

The Great Jazz-Drummer Takeover of 2009

Here are four percussive big shots not too shy to run the show

This Weekend! Trombones at the Guggenheim, Black Metal, and Classical With and Without Class

Every year, 327 cities around the world arrange to simultaneously celebrate the first day of summer. So on Sunday, Make Music New York sponsors 800 free performances spanning all five boroughs. The most appropriately superlative event is at the Guggenheim, where 80 trombonists will line the museum' ... More >>

Live: Terry Riley's "In C," Triumphant Again at Carnegie Hall

via fogindex's photostreamFriday night brought about the first ever staging of composer Terry Riley's epochal "In C" on the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, a celebration of the 40th anniversary of its release on long-playing LP in the late 60s. From "In C"'s debut on, Riley's humble, infinitely var ... More >>

'Terry Riley's In C'

Jazz Consumer Guide: Little Innovations Run the World

Echoes of Basie, Mingus, Tyner, etc., with chops and abstractions all their own

First Annual Jazz Poll Winners

From Ornette Coleman to Esperanza Spalding, it's the music you need to hear

No Coasting—an Iron-Lipped Trumpeter Bridges East and West

New Hope for the Dead

Hearing the Irony

A piano trio whose fundamental aesthetic is irreverent—get it, coppers, irreverent?

Third Annual Trumpet Smorgasbord Starts With a Salute

Resist Labels, Reverse Roles

Two guys named Dave walk into a record company and ask for their own distribution deals

Monk Business: The Jazz Pianist Adds Some Swing to the Season

Give His Piece a Chance: Pete Robbins Jazzes Up National Politics

Letters

Dance Deluge

Coming attraction: Great dance, five different troupes nightly for six nights at a tiny price

No, Not Lee Greenwood—The Kind of Bush Music With Uhuru in It

Trumpets No End

As the forces of evil descend on our embattled city, clear, bright notes in the N.Y. wilderness

With His New Trio CD, Pianist Uri Caine Takes His Place on the Bench

Overcoming Irony, John Zorn Goes For the Heart, Not For the Easy Kill

Mr. Uptown And Mr. Downtown

They're miles ahead of the competition, and the hip thing should be to dig both of them

Listings

Well Strung: Carter's Musical Present Tied Up With a Bow

Hanging the Judge

Crouch, Jazz & the All-American Skin Game

Music

Music

Chances Are

Martial Solal Sets the Standard

Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

Jazz

Apostle of LS&N

Bill Charlap's Trio Play the Melody and Listen to Each Other

All Around the Town

Uri Caine at the Turn of Another Century

Same Ol’ Blues

Jazz Mainstreams Into Fall

Go Sin Some More

Dancing to the Down, the Dirty, and Dave Douglas

Nashville

An Eternal Sideman Claims the World

Dance

Get a Move On

Kind of Blue

Jazz Competes With Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell

Shoot for the Stars

Kicking Off Fall With a Spirit Journey

Touring the Jazz Museum

JVC 2000 Looks Backward

Music

Eyes That Dance

Trisha Brown's Chaos Theory

From Silence to the Wildest Sound

Music

Time Bandits

The Masters Have It

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

Meet the Composer

Trisha Brown Dialogues With Music

Border Crossings