by Ken Waxman, Jazzword “These recently discovered performances find both bandleaders and their quartets at the height of their fame and are distinctive definitions of their individual work..Time OutTakes’ fascination … Read More
by Ken Waxman, Jazzword “A complex but not complicated work The Rise Up is a tripartite orchestral tone poem dealing with Sufi, Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Middle Eastern history with … Read More
By Ken Waxman, Jazzword An agile keyboardist who was one of the very few to be a member of an Ornette Coleman group, Cambridge, Mass.-based Dave Bryant infrequently puts out … Read More
By Ken Waxman, Jazzword ne of the most controversial figures of post-war Jazz, pianist Lennie Tristano (1919-1978) was more than an early opinionated Wynton Marsalis because he coupled outlier opinions … Read More
