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Sam Rivers

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Sam Rivers, R.I.P.

    A Spotify playlist of Sam Rivers' work is here. Jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist, and organizer Sam Rivers died of pneumonia on December 26. Rivers' importance to the American jazz avant-garde extended beyond his recordings and performances. In his demonstration of artistic self-reliance and co ... More >>

  • Music

    December 21, 2011

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

    A Spotify playlist of Sam Rivers' work is here. Jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist, and organizer Sam Rivers died of pneumonia on December 26. Rivers' importance to the American jazz avant-garde extended beyond his recordings and performances. In his demonstration of artistic self-reliance and co ... More >>

  • Music

    June 15, 2010

    Jason Moran's New Jazz Testament

    The crossover-minded pianist's decade-long evolutionary plan continues with Ten

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    An Addendum to that Piece on MGMT's Wesleyan Surrealist-Pop Mafia

    Max GoldblattAndrew VanWyngarden and Simon O'Connor (left to right, with guitars) You know the one--Cristina Black's much reblogged music feature that ran in print two weeks ago. It seems that in the wake of the piece, every Wes alum with a guitar pick and a cowbell came out of comment-lurker hidi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Jazz Consumer Guide: Festival Visions

    William Parker's New York festival pays dividends for record buyers everywhere

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    Live: Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid at the World Financial Center

    William Parker's New York festival pays dividends for record buyers everywhere

  • Unknown

    January 15, 2008

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  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Andrew Hill

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  • pazzandjop

    January 30, 2007

    King of Wreck

    Hiphop can never die so long as Bob Dylan—with story in his voice and lust in his eyes—is alive

  • Music

    May 30, 2006

    2006 Jazz Supplement Listings

    Hiphop can never die so long as Bob Dylan—with story in his voice and lust in his eyes—is alive

  • NYC Life

    May 16, 2006

    Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

    Hiphop can never die so long as Bob Dylan—with story in his voice and lust in his eyes—is alive

  • Music

    May 9, 2006

    The Out-of-Towners

    Fred Anderson takes free jazz to Chicago's South Side, Odean Pope takes Philly to heaven

  • Music

    February 28, 2006

    Strata Various

    A pianist who's resisted categories for 40 years goes home again

  • Music

    November 22, 2005

    Not Bourgie

    Albert Ayler met Paul Gonsalves and Sonny Rollins's saxophone lineage was re-established

  • Music

    June 21, 2005

    Deliverance

    At a converted synagogue downtown, the faithful are rewarded

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    Jazz Summer 2005

    At a converted synagogue downtown, the faithful are rewarded

  • Music

    November 23, 2004

    Tombstone Territory

    Just in time for Christmas and post-election cheering up, boxes from Miles and Woody

  • Music

    June 1, 2004

    Blue Shift

    Collaging keyboardist meets the challenge of jazz-improv with techno surge protectors

  • Music

    May 25, 2004

    Band in My Head

    How Mojo, Bitches Brew, and Butch Morris inspired a funktional African American family unit

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Listings

    How Mojo, Bitches Brew, and Butch Morris inspired a funktional African American family unit

  • Music

    December 3, 2002

    Christmas Gilt

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

  • Music

    November 5, 2002

    Point Counterpoint

    Dave Holland Enlarges His Horizon

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    Dave Holland Enlarges His Horizon

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    Dave Holland Enlarges His Horizon

  • NYC Life

    March 5, 2002

    Unsentimental Journey

    Actress and Singer-Songwriter Abbey Lincoln Reinvents Herself Yet Again

  • Music

    January 15, 2002

    Spelunking and Crooning in 2001

    Reissues by the Boxful, Singers by the Cut

  • Music

    January 1, 2002

    Brutality and Revival

    The Best Jazz Records of 2001

  • Music

    October 16, 2001

    Heir to a Secret History

    Jason Moran Helps Blue Note Be Blue Note

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2001

    Heavy Duty

    Jazz Mainstays Boost The Voltage

  • Music

    November 14, 2000

    Did You Hear Sonny Rollins?

    The One You’ve Been Waiting For

  • Specials

    November 7, 2000

    Letters

    The One You’ve Been Waiting For

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    Separate but Equal

    Crossing the Great Jazz Divide

  • Music

    December 21, 1999

    The Masters Have It

    Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

  • Music

    January 5, 1999

    Old Guys Yes, Retro Never

    Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

  • Music

    December 8, 1998

    Holy Squat, Jazzman!

    Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

  • Music

    October 6, 1998

    Old Man Rivers

    Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

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