Jazz Chronicles

Keith Jarrett has become so identified with his so-called Standards Trio with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock, and his on-again, off-again ...

As noted here , I spent my teens immersed in electric blues music as purveyed by The Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Winter, Paul Butterfield a...

Jason Gross at PopMatters has a long and thoughtful overview of the past year in music journalism, which includes some sharp insight on the...

Preparing for my immersion in Keith Jarrett's so-called American Quartet I realize that I am missing two pieces of their official catalo...

Where else but New York City can you feel so completely immersed in music talk and actual listening that you can imagine yourself in a world...

Once the festival season ends, it's a lonely life for those of us in the jazz industry outside New York City. Time was—as uninviting as ...

I blogged way less about Cecil Taylor than I had intended to in 2009, as I worked my way through a couple of dozen of his recordings from 1...

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...