Steve Lacy

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 1/18/13

Here are the ten best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

The Whammies

Roswell Rudd and Ideal Bread

Dave Liebman & Sam Newsome

Jazz Consumer Guide: Pure Joy and Hard Work

Saxophonists get up to mischief (and engage in a little drama)

The 2010 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

Jazz Consumer Guide: A Summer Suite of Harmonic Disorder

Transcending roots and relishing every moment, whether you've got the rhythm section or not

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

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

The Year of the Woman

With all the ballots counted, our decidedly un-macho Jazz Poll finally finds its headline

Back in the World

Roswell Rudd's triumphant return to braying trombone excellence

Muscling Up and Rocking Out

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

Only Emotion Endures

Contrary to Corinthians, a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Especially absolute rhythm.

'Voice' Jazz Poll Critics' Ballots

Jazz Repertory Starts Here

Reimagining the past then and now—and dig the piano player

Fungible Insights

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

Low Rent

The real possibilities open up when it doesn't cost a bundle to pursue your muse

Covering Expenses

A who, what, why, where, when—and how many—of the uncharted world of independent jazz labels

Free Again

The revolution of 1969 never came, but the 'Free America' series has now been reissued

Another Former Micro is Heard Angling and Chuckling

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

Spanish and Other Tinges

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

Music as Sex

What you hear is what you get: Bailey's astounding sounds

Letters

All True, More or Less

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Steve Lacy 1934–2004

A sax man's perfect pitch, from Dixieland to the avant-garde

Travelin' Man

Peter Kowald, 1944-2002

Pick Your Community

There's No Business Like Show Business

Heavy Duty

Jazz Mainstays Boost The Voltage

Gira Scope

A Town Possessed by Satan

'We were a family. Then all of a sudden, there's nobody left.'