Jazz Chronicles

Here's my contribution to the Village Voice 2009 Jazz Poll : Top 10 2009 1. Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity (ACT) 2. Miguel Zenón – Esta P...

What is the definitive Top 10 list of jazz recordings— The Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll —will be published in this week's edition of ...

When you're a freelancer there are two kinds of Christmas/New Year's seasons: quiet, which does not bode well for the early February...

I've had a few inquiries about this year's list of best concerts. Well, a look back over the past 71 posts on Jazz Chronicles will ...

Three thin-but-vital volumes have been on my bedside table in recent weeks. Two are by friends—Mark Miller's biography of pianist/compos...

Once again this year, Francis Davis is co-ordinating a year-end critics poll of best CDs for the Village Voice , so my list will be delayed ...

Big buzz circulating this week about the future of Jazz.com in the wake of founding editor Ted Gioia's decision to step away from the pr...

Great news for Canada's major jazz festivals: TD Canada Trust has announced that it is extending its title sponsorship through the 2014 ...

I struggled with how to approach a best-of-the-decade list, shifting between simply listing the recordings that I had ranked the highest in ...

I was unabashedly obsessed with The Allman Brothers Band throughout the 1970s, from the first time I borrowed their debut album from my frie...

Who gets Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, Jim Hall and Don Thompson to play on their debut CD? Only someone like drummer Terry Clarke, who has worked ...

November approaches—a point driven home by the enormous, air-filled pumpkin on my neighbour's lawn—so it's time to look back over th...

Jessica Pavone: Songs Of Synastry And Solitude (Tzadik) – Violist Jessica Pavone is an artist who appears able to balance multiple streams...

When lists of pivotal discs (those that introduced a vital new voice or important new movement in music) are published, Cecil Taylor's 1...

Looking back over recent posts on Jazz Chronicles , I'm shocked to see that it has been a full five months since I introduced my plan to...

This summer was a cruel one for the New England Conservatory (NEC); the Boston-based institution lost two of its stalwart faculty members in...

Two of Canada's most creative musicians—Roberto and Michael Occhipinti—are heading to their parents' birthplace to receive the prest...

Has there been such a spate of notable music deaths in the past three decades? I can't recall such a bad spell. Some deaths, like those ...

No proper vacation this year; not even a stay cation. Unexpected, major, non-music project kicking in, however, so posts will be light—if no...

Until July 27, BBC 3 is featuring a long, illuminative interview of Keith Jarrett by fellow pianist Ethan Iverson. As noted by my colleague...