Jazz Music Reviews and Recommendations
By Jacob Teichroew, About.com Guide
Read jazz music reviews and recommendations for classic jazz albums, new releases, concerts, and more.
- Classic Jazz Album Reviews
- Modern Jazz Reviews.
- Jazz Concert Reviews
- Jazz Festivals - Reviews and Profiles
Classic Jazz Album Reviews
Reviews of classic albums by artists whose visions have shaped jazz
- Ten Classic Jazz Recordings
- Art Blakey Quintet - 'Live at Birdland, Vol. 1'
- Bill Evans Trio - 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard'
- 'John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman'
- Miles Davis - 'Kind of Blue'
- Charles Mingus - 'Mingus Ah Um'
- John Coltrane - 'Blue Train'
- Lee Konitz - 'Subconscious-Lee'
Modern Jazz Reviews.
Read reviews of modern jazz releases by international stars and up-and-coming artists alike.
- Five Modern Jazz Albums
- Kurt Rosenwinkel - 'The Remedy: Live at the Village Vanguard'
- Aaron Parks - 'Invisible Cinema'
- Dave Holland Sextet - 'Pass It On'
- Rudresh Mahanthappa - 'Kinsmen'
- Kenny Garrett - 'Sketches of MD'
- 2009 Picks
- The Bad Plus - 'For All I Care'
- Jeff 'Tain' Watts - 'Watts'
- Nels Cline - 'Coward'
- Marcus Roberts - 'New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1'
- Sean Jones - 'The Search Within'
- Diana Krall - 'Quiet Nights'
- Five Modern Jazz Albums
- Matt Wilson Quartet - 'That's Gonna Leave a Mark'
- Chris Potter - 'Ultrahang'
- John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble - 'Eternal Interlude'
- Ben Allison - 'Think Free'
- Miguel Zenón - 'Esta Plena'
- Ben Allison - 'Think Free'
Jazz Concert Reviews
Read my reviews of jazz performances, from tiny jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall.
- The Wayne Shorter Quartet at Carnegie Hall
- Jazz Log: Triple-Header with Lage Lund, Tony Malaby, and Ari Hoenig
- The Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the Village Vanguard
- The Dave Holland Sextet at Birdland
- Fly (Turner, Ballard, Grenadier) at the Jazz Standard
- Pedro Giraudo Orchestra at the Jazz Gallery
- Gaida at Joe's Pub
- Andrew D'Angelo's Gay Disco Trio at Cornelia Street Café
- Kurt Elling at 92nd St. Y
- Monty Alexander Trio at Avalon Theater
- NYC Winter JazzFest 2010 - Night #1
- NYC Winter JazzFest 2010 - Night #2
- J.D. Allen Trio at the Village Vanguard
- Mary Halvorson Quintet at Roulette
- Steve Davis Quintet at Smalls
Jazz Festivals - Reviews and Profiles
Read reviews of jazz festival performances, and profiles of major festivals.