Ralph Gleason’s Artistic Activism
By Richard Brody
Gleason
didn’t review art or life from the sidelines; he wrote from inside the
moral, political, and artistic crises of the times.
Larry Young’s Self-Questioning Jazz
By Richard Brody
In
a newly discovered collection of sixties-era recordings, the jazz
organist’s spiritual dimension is proudly and sublimely on display.
John Coltrane Live: A Playlist
By Richard Brody
The
contrast between studio recordings and live performances was more
pronounced in Coltrane’s career than for perhaps any other jazz
musician.
Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane
By Richard Brody
The studio recording borrows the passions that Coltrane unleashed in live performances and renders them consumable at home.
A Hidden Hero of Jazz
By Richard Brody
Mary Lou Williams’s musical career was one that, in its very historicity, went to the forefront of modernity.
Rosh Hashanah with Miles Davis
By Richard Brody
I had tickets to Davis’s concert in Central Park, but my parents, High Holiday Jews, insisted that I had to attend synagogue.
The Strange, Unsettling Fiction of James Purdy
By Jon Michaud
Purdy’s deadpan and dark novels seem likely to remain an acquired taste. But it is a taste worth acquiring.
Miles Davis’s Boldest Heights
By Richard Brody
“Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975,” which comes out Friday, is the most revealing of Davis’s concert reissues to date.
Ornette Coleman’s Revolution
By Richard Brody
Coleman broke through style and structure to seek sound.
The Best of Thelonious Monk
By Richard Brody
“The
Complete Riverside Recordings,” a fifteen-disk set being rereleased
this week, tells a musical story that is as much about Monk as it is
about that era of jazz.
The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life
By Richard Brody
John
Szwed’s briskly revealing book on Billie Holiday treats the writing of
her autobiography, “Lady Sings the Blues,” as a key event in the
singer’s life.
Perfect Jazz Recordings
By Richard Brody
They’re
not necessarily “the best” or even the most exemplary of their
performers’ work; they’re the jazz recordings that take the listener
over.
Profiles: Dave Brubeck
By Joshua Rothman
The
jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died on Wednesday in Norwalk, Connecticut,
one day short of his ninety-second birthday. He was most famous for
“Take Five,”…
The Brilliance of Dave Brubeck
By Taylor Ho Bynum
Dave
Brubeck, who died yesterday, the day before his ninety-second birthday,
was a composer and pianist, a jazz ambassador and popularizer, a
civil-rights advocate, and…
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