By Marc Myers, JazzWax The long-awaited Lennie Tristano box from Mosaic has just been released. Culled from previously unissued material found in the pianist’s personal collection by his daughter, Carol, Lennie Tristano Personal Recordings, 1946-1970features airchecks, remote wire recordings, live dates preserved by bandstand colleagues, solo tracks recorded at Tristano’s East 32nd Street studio in … Read More
by Marc Myers, Jazzwax One of the most compelling and ambitious jazz vocal albums of the year is In Her Words, a new recording by vocalists Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. Like a number of recent jazz albums by female vocalists reviewed here, this one joyfully steers clear of the American songbook—a dusty and lazy resource for … Read More
Marc Meyers, JazzWax Alex Clough is a pianist, educator and composer who lives in Jersey City, N.J. When he’s not playing jazz keyboards, he’s accompanying New York’s Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Mark Morris Dance Group or playing other gigs. This terrific album is rock solid and sensitive all the way through. It features Clough (p, el.p), … Read More
