Tony Malaby

Open Loose

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 >>

Kris Davis Trio

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 >>

Ches Smith & These Arches

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 Hollenbeck Large Ensemble+Works

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 >>

Motian, Lovano & Frisell

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 >>

'Attias Quintet Twines of Colesion CD Release'

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 >>

'Clean Feed's Annual NYC Festival'

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 >>

Bad Lucid+Four Limones

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 >>

2009 Jazz Poll: Tom Hull's Alternate, Unsettled Top 10

Great jazz records we caught, with apologies to those we missed

ROMANIAN RHAPSODY

Jazz redux on classical gas

Joe Morris Quartet+Mario Pavone Quartet

Jazz redux on classical gas

Mario Pavone Quartet

Jazz redux on classical gas

Jazz Consumer Guide: A Summer Suite of Harmonic Disorder

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

Jazz Consumer Guide: Chasing Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman, or Something Else Entirely

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

The Fred Hersch Trio+2

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

Mario Pavone Double Tenor Quintet

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

Obama-Be, Obama-Bop

Celebrating a historic night with once-cynical jazz heavyweights

No Training Wheels Necessary

Ferocious homage mingles with daring fusion, looking both back and beyond

Fractious Grammar

More fun with freshly revived old masters and wily young students

Territorial Imperatives

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

No, Not Those Fugees

To get a bead on Satoko Fujii's CDs, first you have to count them

New Hope for the Dead

To get a bead on Satoko Fujii's CDs, first you have to count them

Turner Around

Two jazz quartets flex through two autumn nights in two boroughs

Democracy Now

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

Spanish and Other Tinges

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

2003 JVC Jazz Festival

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

Signposts of Posthistory

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

Jazz Listings

Compiled by Ginger Adams Otis

The Hill Is Alive

Compiled by Ginger Adams Otis