On this fresh-sounding album of big-band swing, Schwartz's Hammond B3 organ takes the place of piano and bass, with magical results.
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Interview: Jazz Pianist Dave Meder
Pianist and composer Dave Meder discusses his debut jazz album, 'Passage.'
Read More »Music Review: Rozina Pátkai – ‘Taladim’
The Hungarian bossa nova specialist's new album includes jazz, electronic, folk, and world music settings of poems by Verlaine, Garcia Lorca, T.S. Eliot and more.
Read More »Music Reviews: Antonio Adolfo – ‘Samba Jazz Alley’, Gretje Angell – ‘…in any key’
A thrilling Latin jazz set from a veteran Brazilian pianist and a silky debut from a young jazz vocalist
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Review: Alex Wolff’s ‘The Cat and the Moon’ – U.S. Premiere
Alex Wolff ('Hereditary') makes his feature debut as writer and director of an assured film about a troubled teen.
Read More »Music Review: Rupa and the April Fishes – ‘Growing Upward”
'Growing Upward' from Rupa and the April Fishes is an album of great music and powerful words - not something we're used to anymore, but something we need.
Read More »Concert Review: Les Délices Finds the Links Between Baroque and Jazz (NYC, 23 Feb 2019)
The early music group illuminated the consonances between jazz and baroque music and had a good deal of fun doing it.
Read More »Music Review: Ignacio Berroa – ‘Straight Ahead from Havana’
This memorable set from Dizzy Gillespie's longtime drummer is one of the best small-group jazz albums of recent vintage, full of rhythmic play and meaty assertiveness with a Latin lilt.
Read More »Music Preview: ‘Una Noche con Ruben Blades’
'Una Noche con Ruben Blades' is superb. If you’re into stellar music, fluent and elegant, then this is the album you’ve been seeking.
Read More »Music Preview: Justin Kauflin – ‘Coming Home’ LP
'Coming Home' by Justin Kauflin is wonderfully wrought, infused with scrumptious colors and rippling jazz textures.
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