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Don’t shoot the piano players

Fred Hersch, Ran Blake, and Charles Gayle take solos
Twenty years ago, Fred Hersch was known as a talented young jazz pianist and teacher at New England Conservatory.

By JON GARELICK | March 23, 2006

David Murray Quartet and Strings

WALTZ AGAIN | Justin Time
Waltz Again reminds you of his conceptual daring and capacity for subtle detail.

By JON GARELICK | March 14, 2006

Jazz in the clubs and beyond
The provocative tripleheader bill “What Is Jazz?” was originally put together by the ropeadope label for a showcase of its roster at Tonic in New York: the Christian McBride Band , the Charlie Hunter Trio , and DJ Logic and Bobby Previte .

By JON GARELICK | March 09, 2006

Family and fate

The Sopranos finds the Tao
Series creator David Chase could easily have ended The Sopranos last year, in the fifth season.

By JON GARELICK | March 10, 2006

Able bodies

JazzArtSigns’ complete audience
Could a deaf person really feel included in a jazz concert?

By JON GARELICK | February 27, 2006

Andrew Hill

TIME LINES | Blue Note
Here’s the lyricism, the swing, the group interplay, and most of all the tension between form and freedom that’s made Hill a major figure for more than four decades.

By JON GARELICK | February 22, 2006

Dr. John in Arlington

Food for thought
Visits to the area by essential New Orleans singer/songwriter/pianist/producer/ Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack have become such regular events that they hardly qualify as news.

By JON GARELICK | February 18, 2006

From Rio to Austin to Boston

Carnaval Brasileiro comes north
Carnaval Brasileiro isn't a concert — it's a bacchanal, a dance party that surpasses the lunk-headed debauchery of New Orleans Mardi Gras and is more in the spirit of Rio.

By JON GARELICK | February 16, 2006

From Chicago to Addis

The Vandermark 5 and the Either/Orchestra bring it all back home
I know of no single, clear definition of “free bop,” but I think I know it when I hear it, and I’d say no one does it better than the Vandermark 5.

By JON GARELICK | February 09, 2006

Talkin’ trash

Footballers Wives and Love Monkey
The first thing to understand is that it’s not “Football Players ’ Wives,” which means that this is real football, played on a pitch, not a “field,” and no pads and helmets. Roit!

By JON GARELICK | February 09, 2006

Who Gets To Call It Art?

Rating: 3 stars
The life of the Met's first curator provides a window to the emergence of American art, from Abstract Expressionism to Pop.

By JON GARELICK | February 02, 2006

The father of us all

Rick Berlin’s Van Gogh bash
“I feel like I’ve been nominated for the Supreme Court and I’m not an asshole,” Rick Berlin told the capacity crowd at the Lizard Lounge last Saturday night.

By JON GARELICK | February 02, 2006

E.S.T. at Scullers

Jazz On Ice
Svensson has said that Radiohead and Wilco have been more of an influence than contemporary jazz on E.S.T.

By JON GARELICK | January 30, 2006

Paul Motian Band

GARDEN OF EDEN | ECM
The latest from the septuagenarian drum master closely follows last year’s near-perfect I Have the Room Above Her.

By JON GARELICK | January 30, 2006

Drawn from life

Rick Berlin’s coming attractions
Rick Berlin has written his share of “personal” songs of what he calls the “I love you/I lost you” type.

By JON GARELICK | January 25, 2006

In and out

Ornette Coleman’s Berklee doctoral dissertation; Robert Glasper’s odd grooves
Berklee professor Bill Banfield began his interview with Ornette Coleman at the Berklee Performance Center a week ago Tuesday by recounting the time he told a friend he was going to be visiting Ornette and the friend exclaimed, “You’re going to speak to God! Tell God I said hello!”

By JON GARELICK | January 24, 2006