Joe Lovano

Up-and-Coming Players from 2011, the Year of the Tenor

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 >>

'John Coltrane's Ascension'

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 >>

Tenor Uncertainty

A strong crop of releases from tenor saxophonists

'Saxophone Summit'

A strong crop of releases from tenor saxophonists

'Celebrating Ornette Coleman'

A strong crop of releases from tenor saxophonists

Your Summer Live-Jazz Cheat Sheet

Options abound for fans of all inclinations and bank accounts

Less Is More for Paul Motian

But sometimes more works, too

2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

Album of the year, reissue of the year, best debut, and more

Vijay Iyer Tops the Fourth Annual Village Voice Jazz Poll

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

'Coltrane Revisited'

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

BASS BOSS

Patitucci has elegant strings for hire

Tonight! Andrew WK, Richard Cheese, Scanner, Kuhn and Lovano

Andrew W.K.'s ventures in record production, crackpot philosophy, and bazooka-packed children's television are all a front for the simple, resoundingly true greeting on his voicemail: "The point of your day today is to do what you want to do, and do it all the way. That's the way I play, and that' ... More >>

This Weekend! Gays Take to the Streets

This weekend's celebration of the Stonewall Riots' 40th anniversary culminates with the Gay Pride Parade, which features Governor Paterson as a Grand Marshal. The Nokia Theatre is hosting a Commemorative Concert and Love Ball to raise funds for Heritage of Pride, who have helped in organizing the ma ... More >>

Steve Kuhn

This weekend's celebration of the Stonewall Riots' 40th anniversary culminates with the Gay Pride Parade, which features Governor Paterson as a Grand Marshal. The Nokia Theatre is hosting a Commemorative Concert and Love Ball to raise funds for Heritage of Pride, who have helped in organizing the ma ... More >>

70 and Swingin’

Blue Note Records reaches a milestone

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

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

Up to the Wire

It takes an intrepid listener to dig out of this year's jazz avalanche

2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

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

2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

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

The 2007 Jazz Poll

This year's finisher's

Earning His Spurs

Joshua Redman finds himself in Sonny Rollins's Oklahoma!, OK!

Enough Is Enough

At two prominent jazz festivals, bright moments and cloudy forecasts

Muscling Up and Rocking Out

Some get by with subtlety, but thrashing ferocity works great too

Harmolodic Convergence

Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

Ornette Coleman's triumphant return dominates the humble debut of the 'Voice' jazz critics' poll

Midsizing

Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz make their sounds bigger without losing their cool

To Serve and Protect: A Freestyle Series Rumbles On

Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz make their sounds bigger without losing their cool

Fungible Insights

Jazz on the fringe, even when it hopes to end up in the middle

Piano Standard to Piano Striver

Just 10 really good jazz albums in a year that had more than its share of them

Jazz Summer 2005

Just 10 really good jazz albums in a year that had more than its share of them

Jazz

Just 10 really good jazz albums in a year that had more than its share of them

Spanish and Other Tinges

In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

Music

In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

Summer Jazz 2004

In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

Listings

In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

Deep Easy Listening

Jim Hall and Cyrus Chestnut—Duo in the Making

Best Jazz CDs of 2002

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

Everything That Rises Must Converge

She Writes the Songs

Abbey Lincoln Shows Us What She's Got

Brutality and Revival

The Best Jazz Records of 2001

Same Ol’ Blues

Jazz Mainstreams Into Fall

Listings

Jazz Mainstreams Into Fall

Jazz

In Search of a Cool-Blue Note

Music

In Search of a Cool-Blue Note

Kind of Blue

Jazz Competes With Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell

Signposts of Posthistory

The Best New Jazz CDs of the Year of Louis and Miles

The Masters Have It

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

Old Guys Yes, Retro Never

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot