ALBUMS: Cookin’ With The Twin Towers Of Tenor
An recently unearthed live collection from 1962 captures sax greats Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis in full head cutting mode
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Author: Michael Toland
ALBUMS: A Double Shot of Dave Douglas
Two exquisite and exploratory new albums on the trumpet great’s Greenleaf label continue to showcase his fearlessness in flight
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ALBUMS: Keith Jarrett Solo In Munich
The king of piano improvisation captured live in ECM’s fatherland
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ALBUMS: Jazz’s Brassiest Power Couple Brings The Family On Sacred Bond
Legendary trumpet player Randy Brecker and wife Ada Rovatti shine on vibrant new collection of faves from the Rovatti catalog
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Bill Frisell’s Harmony Hall
As the guitarist headlines the Jazz Standard this weekend, we take a deeper look at his Blue Note debut
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The Comet Is Coming: The Comet Is Here
An exclusive interview with the man they called Danalogue, one third of the best jazz trio in the UK
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ALBUMS: Ethan Iverson and Tom Harrell Practice Common Ground
A new quintet blooms on ECM Records with Common Practice
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ALBUMS: Playing The Room With Two Of Israeli Jazz’s Finest Musicians
Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai shine on the longtime collaborators’ first duo recording
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ALBUMS: Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano’s Rendezvous in Roma
Two horn greats create true harmony between Europe and the United States in 2019 on their first duo LP for ECM
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ALBUMS: The Return Of James Carter
The sax great makes his first album in eight years his Blue Note debut, pays homage to Django Reinhardt
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ALBUMS: The Jamie Saft Quartet Returns With Hidden Corners
The Kerhonkson, NY-based piano guru and his transcendent four-piece call up the spirits for their second LP on RareNoise
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ALBUMS: Let’s Go Fly A Red Kite
The Norwegian jazz collective recalibrates the art of jamming
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ALBUM REVIEW: Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn’s The Transitory Poems
The Twin Towers of ECM piano jazz clash ivories on their first duo LP
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Ezra Collective: Better Than Koenig
The Force is strong with this London jazz crew
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The Way of Steve Gunn
As his excellent eighth album continues to rack in critical acclaim, indie rock’s most potent guitar hero preps for a summer tour and talks with RNRG about what’s happening in the meantime
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