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Tony Williams

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2012

    Oddsmaker: Do Beyoncé And André 3000 Have Enough Swagu To Beat Kanye And His Dozens Of Friends At The Grammys?

    ​The Grammys created the awkwardly named Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category ten years ago, around the time Ja Rule's various "thug love" duets were dominating the airwaves. The award recognized a growing sector of popular music that didn't quite fit into the preexisting rap, R&B or pop song ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

    Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Live: Wayne Shorter Gets In A Few Jolts At Town Hall

    A leader so authoritative he doesn't have to actually lead. Pics by Phil.​Wayne Shorter Quartet Town Hall Wednesday, February 9 Better than: Staying home and watching American Idol, no matter how cold it was outside. Wayne Shorter has never been a particularly fire-breathing, get-'em-stompin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Woodstock Hangover: The New York Pop Festival Doesn't Measure Up

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 23, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 30 A study in mistrust By Carman Moore Imagine packing a picnic lunch, taking a few of your friends out to the country, and hiring a few musicians you like a lot to make it all magical (maybe the musicians ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    David Weiss  

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 23, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 30 A study in mistrust By Carman Moore Imagine packing a picnic lunch, taking a few of your friends out to the country, and hiring a few musicians you like a lot to make it all magical (maybe the musicians ... More >>

  • Music

    April 22, 2008

    Jessica Williams's Songs for a New Century

    Overlooked jazz pianist gets a little too sleepy

  • Unknown

    January 15, 2008

    The Black-Rock Revolution, and How We Rebooted It

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

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

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

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

  • Music

    November 27, 2007

    Rookies of the Year

    Tyshawn Sorey's provocations lead a pack of notable 2007 debuts

  • Music

    May 9, 2006

    Splitting the Difference

    For a brief moment in 1965, Charles Lloyd envisions the best of many worlds

  • Music

    April 11, 2006

    Jackie McLean 1931–2006

    Jazz's choice for mayor of New York from hard bop to avant-garde

  • Music

    February 28, 2006

    Strata Various

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

  • Music

    August 2, 2005

    Music

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

  • Music

    February 15, 2005

    Version-A-Ning

    Jazz tributes foreground Beefheart's primitivist dada and Miles Davis's existential quack

  • Music

    November 23, 2004

    Tombstone Territory

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

  • Music

    August 10, 2004

    Trumpets No End

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

  • Music

    June 24, 2003

    Give the Drummers Some

    Roy Haynes and Max Roach Master Time

  • Music

    June 17, 2003

    Diffusion Rools

    Roy Haynes and Max Roach Master Time

  • NYC Life

    April 29, 2003

    Listings

    Roy Haynes and Max Roach Master Time

  • Music

    March 4, 2003

    Trio Savvy

    The Bad Plus's Equilateral Chamber Jazz

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    The Bad Plus's Equilateral Chamber Jazz

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    The Bad Plus's Equilateral Chamber Jazz

  • Music

    December 11, 2001

    Heroes at Work

    Boomers at Their Best for 'Made in America' Benefit

  • Music

    November 6, 2001

    Master Class

    Jimmy Heath Gets His Due

  • Music

    October 16, 2001

    Heir to a Secret History

    Jason Moran Helps Blue Note Be Blue Note

  • Music

    July 10, 2001

    Minnie the Moocher's Revenge

    Sing Along With the JVC All-Stars

  • Music

    May 15, 2001

    Billy Higgins, 1936–2001

    The Perfect Drummer, Exactly Right and Exactly Like Himself

  • Music

    May 8, 2001

    A Quartet of Five

    Dave Brubeck Cultivates a Crowd, Calibrates Time, and Finds His Wings

  • Music

    June 6, 2000

    Musician's Musician

    Mulgrew Miller—Everyone's A-List Pianist

  • Music

    March 21, 2000

    Afrobeat Generations

    Mulgrew Miller—Everyone's A-List Pianist

  • News

    January 18, 2000

    From Combat to Camaraderie

    Mulgrew Miller—Everyone's A-List Pianist

  • Music

    January 19, 1999

    Moment by Moment

    How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

  • Music

    January 5, 1999

    Old Guys Yes, Retro Never

    How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

  • Dance

    November 24, 1998

    Solid Gold

    How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

  • Music

    October 20, 1998

    Hard Bop

    How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

  • Music

    November 4, 1997

    Consumer Guide

    How Jungle Is--and Isn't--the 'New Jazz'

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