The live performance is central to the jazz aesthetic, as it is the only way to truly experience improvisation. Read my reviews of jazz concerts here.
Review of Monty Alexander at the Avalon Theater in Easton Maryland, September 5th, 2009.
Concert review of Kurt Elling and Bill Charlap playing the music of Sondheim and Styne at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
Review of Andrew D'Angelo's Gay Disco Trio at Cornelia Street Café, July 17th, 2009.
Review of the Fly trio's concert at the Jazz Standard
Review of 'Campo' by bassist Pedro Giraudo, performed at the Jazz Gallery on March 6th, 2009.
Review of Syrian vocalist Gaida at Joe's Pub in Manhattan on February 19th, 2009.
Review of the 2009 NYC Winter Jazzfest at Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, and Kenny's Castaways.
Review of the Wayne Shorter Quartet at Carnegie Hall, featuring the Imani Winds
Review of Ravi Coltrane at the Village Vanguard.
A review of the Dave Holland Sextet at Birdland, October 10th, 2008.
A log of a Monday night triple-header, which included three shows in New York. I recount my night of watching sets by Lage Lund, Tony Malaby, and Ari Hoenig.
Read my review of the first full night of Washington, D.C.'s fourth annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, featuring performances by the W.E.S. Group, Step Afrika!, Luis Faife, Benito Gonzalez, Corcoran Holt, and Nasar Abadey.
A review of Aaron Parks' performance at the Jazz Standard on Sept. 11th, 2008, in celebration of the release of 'Invisible Cinema.'
Concert review of Tim Berne and Craig Taborn duo live at the Rubin Museum of Art on June 27, 2008 as part of New York's JVC Jazz Festival.
