Olie Brice, Binker Golding, Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore, Eddie Prévost – The Secret Handshake with Danger Vol. One (577 Records 5860-1. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Secret Handshake is practically dripping with […]
Lou Paley is one of the co-founders of Women in Jazz, a multimedia organisation dedicated to addressing the gender imbalance in the jazz industry by supporting fantastic female artists. Dan Bergsagel spoke […]
“A real loss.” The Jazz Standard announced on 2 December 2020 that it will be closing permanently. Dan Bergsagel reflects: The Jazz Standard has announced that it will be shutting its doors […]
Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project – Kites and Strings (One Trick Dog Records. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) The Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project brings together an atypical group of musicians for an eclectic range […]
Rudresh Mahanthappa ft. François Moutin and Rudy Royston – Hero Trio (Whirlwind Recordings WR 4760. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) In 2015 Rudresh Mahanthappa recorded Bird Calls, a quintet session of original pieces inspired by Charlie Parker. […]
Brooklyn-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Dr Brian Landrus has a particular focus on low woodwinds. He has university degrees ranging from jazz performance to classical composition. His tenth album For Now , with […]
Kamasi Washington (Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. 20 February 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) It has probably been five years since Kamasi Washington last played an intimate venue, but the Kings Theatre is really […]
Piece for Noah Preminger Quintet (Smalls, NYC. 19 February 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Noah Preminger, the much vaunted tenor player, is passing through Manhattan with his quintet en route back to […]
Mark Guiliana and Billy Martin with Soul Gnawa (Winter JazzFest) (The Sultan Room, 14 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) After the acoustic overload that is much of the Winter JazzFest – […]
From Detroit to the World: Celebrating the Jazz Legacy of Detroit and Honoring Marcus Belgrave (Winter JazzFest) (Le Poisson Rouge, NYC. 12 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) “From Detroit to the […]
Manhattan Marathon night, Winter JazzFest (Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Winter JazzFest in New York runs over 11 days in January, but the Manhattan marathon nights […]
PRS Foundation and BBC Music Introducing at Winter JazzFest (Le Poisson Rouge, NYC. 9 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) A London accent isn’t particularly remarkable in New York, but it’s more […]
Brian Shankar Adler’s Fourth Dimension (Jalopy Theatre, New York, 5 December 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Every jazz musician brings a tradition with them into the music they compose and improvise. Having […]
Aruán Ortiz (The Stone, NYC. 13 November 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Aruán Ortiz has lots of interests – Cuban folklore, serial and chamber music, acoustic representations of pattern and architecture. With […]
Buster Williams: Bass to Infinity (World Premiere at IFC center, part of DOC NYC. 12 November 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) By most accounts the story of Buster Williams should have been […]
