Neo Bop

John Pizzarelli's tribute to Nat King Cole features him in a drumless trio with pianist Benny Green and bassist Christian McBride on all but one selection. Pizzarelli is fine as a [more]

The consistent pianist Mulgrew Miller leads his trio (which includes bassist Richie Good and drummer Tony Reedus) through a set dominated by his originals but also including [more]

After serving as a sideman with James Williams, Chick Corea and a host of others, Wilson makes the most of his debut as a leader. Assembling a supporting cast of top-notch veterans, [more]

The music on this three-CD set (released in 1997) won a Pulitzer Prize, but it's not without its faults. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis tells the [more]

Fond of straight-ahead neo-bop themes and forward motion, acoustic upright bassist Ari Roland presents a focused and somewhat idiomatic but original kind of jazz that makes one ponder and [more]

It's hard to believe that jazz organist Reuben Wilson actually retired from music for a time beginning during the 1980s, but he went for a long spell without any recording opportunities [more]

Like all the legends he ever worked for or with, from Miles Davis to Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham to the Brecker Brothers, the five-time Grammy nominee has learned over the course of [more]

Some American politicians like to say that their party or organization is a "big tent," meaning that it welcomes (or at least claims to welcome) a variety of perspectives and viewpoints. And [more]

Pianist Rick Germanson has worked with a number of veteran bandleaders since moving to New York City in 1998, including long stints with Pat Martino and also Louis Hayes' Cannonball [more]

Multi-reed player Mel Martin touches on many different styles in this studio date, joined by veterans like keyboardist Don Friedman, bassist Rob Fisher, Latin percussionist [more]

Wynton Marsalis, ever the protagonist and explorer, brings his love of the spoken word and the adolescent relations of the male and female persuasion during He and She, a collection [more]

Tom Knific has long been on the jazz faculty at Western Michigan University, while he also co-founded the Western Jazz Quartet in the mid-'70s in addition to recording several CDs [more]

Hal Galper's recordings always have an adventurous spirit, and the live CD Art-Work is no exception. The veteran pianist, joined by bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Rashid Ali (both [more]

Few artists dare to strictly play ballads on any full project, for it appeals to a specific audience only concerned with the soothing, relaxed quality of jazz. Guitarist Jonathan [more]

South African chromatic harmonicist and pianist Adam Glasser has a foot firmly planted in his native Johannesburg, and the other in the modern mainstream of American jazz. While Toots [more]

Marco Benevento has been heard mostly on organ with his longtime sidekick drummer Joe Russo, but for this recording he's playing a lot of acoustic piano plus effects. Joined by [more]