JazzMatters: The Best New Jazz of January 2023
Will Layman rounds up the best new jazz albums and cocoons with jazz documentaries, Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues and Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes.
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‘New Jawn’ Shows That Christian McBride’s Sincerity and Soulfulness Can Come in Some New Flavors
Master jazz bassist Christian McBride plays with a quartet of peers who push him to a bolder date, and he matches them easily at every step.
The Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point of View
A sextet of current Blue Note Recording artists releases a kind of thesis statement on how daring jazz mixes seamlessly with groove-based music, with a noted nod to the Blue Note past.