Tag: Jazz
Chick Corea, the Master Mixer of Jazz’s Past and Future
When the groundbreaking pianist Chick Corea died unexpectedly, at 79, last February, he left a legacy of experimentation,…
Why the Grammys Couldn’t Resist Jon Batiste
Some of the music on “We Are” pulls its acoustic-funk aesthetic from the 1960s, but other parts recall…
Grammys Winners 2022: The Complete List
Best Opera Recording“Glass: Akhnaten,” Karen Kamensek, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James and Dísella Lárusdóttir; David…
Harry Styles Tries On Synth-Pop, and 13 More New Songs
In “As It Was,” Harry Styles latches on to the kind of peppy electro-pop that the Weeknd updated…
Where Jazz Lives Now
SurfacingThe jazz club, with its dim lighting and closely packed tables, looms large in our collective imagination. But…
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa’s Sultry Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs
The first taste of Megan Thee Stallion’s next album is yet another sultry collaboration with a fellow female…
The Buzzy Band Wet Leg Trips Out at a Party, and 13 More New Songs
The latest single from the buzzy post-punk revivalists Wet Leg tells a more linear story than their drolly…
An Exhilarating Set of Cecil Taylor’s Jazz Arrives, 49 Years Later
Davis noted that Taylor’s technique of composing fragments of notes in “cells” that he then would “develop, expand…
Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs
Ed Sheeran resorted to well-used card-deck analogies in “The Joker and the Queen” on his 2021 album, “=,”…
Kamasi Washington Blasts Into a Fresh Era, and 13 More New Songs
The Los Angeles-based saxophonist and spiritual-jazz revivalist Kamasi Washington, 40, made his American late-night TV debut this week,…
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
‘Blueprint’: Piano Music by Nikolai Kapustin for Jazz TrioFrank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, drums (Capriccio)When…
Watch 5 Standout Performances From Winter Jazzfest
For improvising musicians across New York, Winter Jazzfest’s return to live stages this month might have brought a…