Niall Horan and the Virtue of Jumbotrons
Medium
August 2024
The Meaning of Zionisms
Medium
May 2024
The Chomskyite Playbook and the Activist Left
Medium
May 2024
Larry Coryell’s Stravinsky Binge
Medium
May 2024
Brad Mehldau’s Journey, And Mine
Personal Essay
Medium
July 2023
The Electrified Anthems of Christie Lenée
Premier Guitar
July 2023
From the Archive: Andy Bey @ Home
JazzTimes
May 2004
“What Makes Us Care?”
Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad
Premier Guitar
February 2023
Jerry Dodgion:
In Memoriam
WRTI.org
February 2023
From the Archive: The Man with the Golden Horn
Wallace Roney feature
JazzTimes
September 2004
Mick Goodrick:
In Memoriam
WRTI.org
November 2022
Vernon Reid and Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Dispatches from the Milky Way
Free Form Funky Frēqs
Premier Guitar
November 2022
A Day From Hell: My 9/11 Story
Personal Essay
Medium
September 2022
Teaching in America: I’d Love To, But Not Right Now
Personal essay
Medium
June 2022
From the Archive: Lasting Flavor
Ralph Peterson feature
DownBeat
November 2002
From the Archive:
Open Worlds
John McLaughlin feature
DownBeat
March 2004
From the Archive: Playaholics
Mike Stern & Richard Bona
JazzTimes (cover story)
August 2006
Top Picks of 2021, Part 2
Jazz Artistry Now
December 2021
Top Picks of 2021, Part 1
Jazz Artistry Now
November 2021
Lee Morgan: Completing the Lighthouse
Boxed set review
Jazz Artistry Now
June 2021
From the Archive: Overdue Ovation
Doug Wieselman
JazzTimes
May 2014
From the Archive: Reggie Workman @Home
JazzTimes
April 2005
The Israel/Palestine Impasse
Personal Essay
Medium
May 2021
New Piano Music in Review
Shai Maestro, Vijay Iyer, Hafez Modirzadeh
Jazz Artistry Now
May 2021
How to Be You in Time: Notes on “Originality”
Personal Essay
Medium
April 2021
Buddy Deppenschmidt:
In Memoriam
WBGO.org
March 2021
Guitarists in Review
Lionel Loueke, Chico Pinheiro, Tom Guarna
Jazz Artistry Now
March 2021
Lost and Found: A Guitar Gear Mini-Memoir
Personal Essay
Medium
January 2021
Josh Johnson’s Freedom Exercise & Morgan Guerin’s The Saga III
Jazz Artistry Now
January 2021
Wayne Shorter Quartet, Emanon
#1 Album, JazzTimes
Year in Review, 2018
Beyond Logic
Q&A with pianist Aaron Goldberg
JazzTimes
January 2019
Seven Words to Live By: A Journey in Music
Personal Essay
Medium
December 2020
2020 Solo Album Roundup
Jazz Artistry Now
November 2020
Lee Konitz: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
April 2020
Jimmy Heath: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
January 2020
Roy DeCarava: The Sounds He Saw
JazzTimes
November 2019
Gerry Teekens: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
November 2019
Before & After: Michael Dease
JazzTimes
October 2019
From the Archive: Ben Allison @ Home
JazzTimes
May 2005
Guitarist Trey Wright Forges New Paths on Cathartic New LP
Flagpole
April 2019
Jazz Duo Explores the Intersection of Math and Music
On Rob Schneiderman & Marcus Miller
Flagpole
March 2019
Album of the Day: Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet, “Orange”
Bandcamp Daily
April 2019
Album of the Day: Mark de Clive-Lowe, “Heritage II”
Bandcamp Daily
May 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary Jazz From Japan
Bandcamp Daily
April 2019
Live Review: Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019
JazzTimes
May 2019
Live Review: Fresh Cut Orchestra Plays the Freedom Now Suite in North Carolina
JazzTimes
February 2019
Auction Project
David Bixler, Arturo O’Farrill in Athens
Flagpole
January 2019
Bright Moments: Brian Blade
A retrospective, in his own words
JazzTimes
November 2018
The Life & Legacy of King Funk
Grant Green
JazzTimes
August 2018
(cover story)
Q&A with Michael Leonhart, Part I and Part II
The Painted Lady Suite
Jazz Artistry Now
July 2018
Tomasz Stanko: In Memoriam
NPR Music/WBGO.org
July 2018
The Closing of Systems Two Recording
WBGO.org
June 2018
The Return of the Doris Duke Artist Awards
NPR Music
June 2018
Bill Frisell Trio Plays Athens, GA
Flagpole
April 2018
Teddy Wilson in Perspective
Classic Teddy Wilson Sessions 1934-1942
Jazz Artistry Now
April 2018
Unfiltered Universe/Agrima
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Rez Abbasi
Rungh
March 2018
Big Ears Festival 2018
Knoxville, TN
JazzTimes
March 2018
Swinging Along the Border
Charles Mingus’ Tijuana Moods Revisited
WBGO.org
January 2018
Jon Hendricks: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
November 2017
Kenosha Kid’s Indeterminate, Original Sound
Dan Nettles
Flagpole
August 2017
A Whole New Vista
Kurt Rosenwinkel’s Caipi
JazzTimes
August 2017
Jason Rigby Detroit-Cleveland Trio
ONE
Stereophile
July 2017
CD review
The Savory Collection, Vol. 1
Coleman Hawkins and Friends
Stereophile
June 2017
Geri Allen: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
June 2017
Departures & Arrivals
David Weiss & Point of Departure
JazzTimes
June 2017
Eivind Opsvik Overseas V
The New York City Jazz Record
May 2017
CD review
Walk Against Wind
Linda May Han Oh
The New York City Jazz Record
April 2017
CD review
Overdue Ovation: Allan Harris
JazzTimes
April 2017
Allan Holdsworth: In Memoriam
WBGO.org
April 2017
Juxtaposition/Message in Motion
Vinnie Sperrazza/Peter Brendler
The New York City Jazz Record
March 2017
Paired CD review
A Conversation with Rudresh Mahanthappa
Tides: A Publication of SAADA
(South Asian American Digital Archive)
March 2017
Short Stories |
| Tony Moreno Quintet |
| Stereophile |
| March 2017 |
| CD review |
Stay There |
| Jorge Rossy |
| Stereophile |
| March 2017 |
| CD review |
From Pop to Post-Bop: Jihye Lee’s Unusual Jazz Journey
The Village Voice
February 2017
Típico |
| Miguel Zenón |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| February 2017 |
| CD review |
Larry Coryell: In Memoriam
The Village Voice
February 2017
String Theory |
| Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge |
| Pulp (Ann Arbor) |
| February 2017 |
Before & After: Kevin Hays |
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The Truth of What I Am > The Narcissist
George Burton
The New York City Jazz Record
January 2017
CD review
Tyshawn Sorey: The Maestro |
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The Timeless Modernism of “Shuffle Along”
JazzTimes
October 2016
Before & After: Bria Skonberg |
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| JazzTimes | |
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Lotus |
| Mike Moreno |
| Stereophile |
| September 2016 |
| CD review |
Los Guachos V |
| Guillermo Klein |
| Stereophile |
| September 2016 |
| CD review |
Bright Moments: George Coleman
JazzTimes
September 2016
In Movement
Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison
The New York City Jazz Record
August 2016
CD review
Nihil Novi |
| Marcus Strickland’s Twi-Life |
| Stereophile |
| August 2016 |
| CD review |
Shuffle Along |
| Blake & Sissle/Ehud Asherie |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| July 2016 |
| Paired CD review |
Miles Okazaki on New Book, Album, Band |
| JazzTimes |
| July/August 2016 |
New York @ Night |
| Craig Taborn, Michaël Attias |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| Paired concert review – June 2016 |
Written in the Rocks |
| Renee Rosnes |
| Stereophile |
| June 2016 |
| CD review |
Before & After: Joe Locke |
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| JazzTimes | |
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Selective Amnesia |
| Adam Larson |
| Stereophile |
| April 2016 |
| CD review |
Great on Paper
Kevin Sun/Isaac Wilson/Simón Willson/Robin Baytas
The New York City Jazz Record
March 2016
CD review
Beacons of Light |
| Jonathan Powell & Nu Sangha |
| Stereophile |
| March 2016 |
| CD review |
Stanley Jordan: “My Spirit Transcends Gender”
| JazzTimes | |
| February 2016 | |
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Records to Die For |
| Julian Lage, Weather Report |
| Stereophile |
| February 2016 |
Meltframe |
| Mary Halvorson |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| February 2016 |
| CD review |
What We Loved At Winter Jazzfest 2016 : A Blog Supreme
Tim Berne’s Sideshow
NPR Music
January 2016
(scroll down for comments on Berne)
Ink |
| Benoît Delbecq |
| Stereophile |
| January 2016 |
| CD review |
(Dance to) the Early Music |
| Nate Wooley |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| December 2015 |
| CD review |
Heavy Love |
| Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles |
| Stereophile |
| December 2015 |
| CD review |
Sola |
| Michael Cain |
| Stereophile |
| December 2015 |
| CD review |
Aria/Original Vision |
| Sullivan Fortner & Aidan Carroll |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| November 2015 |
| (paired CD review) |
Real Enemies: The Premiere |
| Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2015 |
| (concert review) |
The Tainish Tinge |
| Jeff “Tain” Watts |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2015 |
| (cover story) |
The Subliminal and the Sublime
Chris Dingman
Stereophile
November 2015
CD review
Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn
Teaching Jazz History
JazzTimes Edu. Guide 2015/2016
November 2015
Canada Day IV |
| Harris Eisenstadt |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| September 2015 |
| CD review |
De Profundis |
| Andrew Bishop |
| Stereophile |
| September 2015 |
| CD review |
On Beauty |
| Charles Evans |
| Stereophile |
| September 2015 |
| CD review |
The Epic |
| Kamasi Washington |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| August 2015 |
| CD review |
Hot Town |
| Ghost Train Orchestra |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| July 2015 |
| CD review |
The Thompson Fields |
| Maria Schneider |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| June 2015 |
| CD review |
The Wilsonian Institute
Steve Wilson
JazzTimes
June 2015
The Great Lakes Suite |
| Wadada Leo Smith |
| Stereophile |
| May 2015 |
| CD review |
The Signal Maker |
| Open Loose (Helias/Malaby/Rainey) |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| April 2015 |
| CD review |
From the Vine |
| Fresh Cut Orchestra |
| Stereophile |
| April 2015 |
| CD review |
Charlie Haden-Jim Hall |
| Montreal Duets 1990 |
| Stereophile |
| April 2015 |
Epicenter |
| Chris Lightcap’s Bigmouth |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| February 2015 |
| CD review |
The EarRegulars |
| Debut CD |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| February 2015 |
| CD review |
Records to Die For |
| Reid Anderson, Dave Kikoski |
| Stereophile |
| February 2015 |
Playing it Straight (excerpt)
| Before & After with Ethan Iverson |
| JazzTimes |
| February 2015 |
Perilous Architecture |
| Daniel Blacksberg Trio |
| The New York City Jazz Record |
| January 2015 |
| CD review |
Charles Lloyd |
| Manhattan Stories |
| Stereophile |
| January 2015 |
| CD review |
The Pension Plight |
| On the Justice for Jazz Artists campaign |
| JazzTimes |
| January 2015 |
Treasure Hunt |
| Billy Childs — tribute to Laura Nyro |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2014 |
Liberation Blues |
| Orrin Evans |
| Stereophile |
| December 2014 |
Vipassana |
| Eric Harland’s Voyager |
| Stereophile |
| December 2014 |
Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2014 | The Village Voice
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Love Story |
| Clark Terry in “Keep On Keepin’ On” |
| JazzTimes |
| December 2014 |
Before & After (Excerpt) |
| Listening with Nasheet Waits |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2014 |
Gathering Light |
| Oran Etkin |
| Stereophile |
| October 2014 |
Good Citizen |
| Kris Davis |
| JazzTimes |
| September 2014 |
Nightshades |
| Matt Bauder’s Day In Pictures |
| Stereophile |
| August 2014 |
The 10 Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month | The Village Voice
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| July 2014 | |
Jazz Country |
| Amy Cervini |
| Stereophile |
| July 2014 |
Klinghoffer Must Go Forward
The Village Voice
June 2014
From Fusion to Filibusters |
| The Illustrious Jazz Past of Political Blogger Charles Johnson |
| JazzTimes |
| May 2014 |
Mehliana |
| Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana |
| Stereophile |
| May 2014 |
The 10 Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month | The Village Voice
| Jazz Appreciation Month Edition! | |
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A Bed and a Chair
Wynton Marsalis/Stephen Sondheim
The Sondheim Review
Summer 2014(concert review)
The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions
| Clifford Jordan |
| Stereophile |
| April 2014 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| March 2014 |
A Trumpet in the Morning |
| Marty Ehrlich |
| Stereophile |
| March 2014 |
| CD review |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| February 2014 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| January 2014 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| December 2013 |
The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2013
| The Village Voice |
| December 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| November 2013 |
Hydra |
| Ben Monder |
| Stereophile |
| November 2013 |
Home & Away |
| Gerald Cleaver |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| October 2013 |
Mirage |
| Ellery Eskelin |
| Stereophile |
| October 2013 |
The Chess Player
| Jonathan Finlayson |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| September 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| August 2013 |
Wallace Roney Premieres Wayne Shorter’s Long-Lost “Universe”
| JazzTimes |
| August 2013 |
Before & After with David Gilmore
| JazzTimes |
| August 2013 |
| (Online Excerpt) |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| July 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| June 2013 |
Vision Festival 18 |
| Milford Graves |
| JazzTimes |
| June 2013 |
Sound Studies |
| Tony Malaby |
| JazzTimes |
| June 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| The Village Voice |
| May 2013 |
American Grace |
| Eric Hofbauer |
| Stereophile |
| May 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month
| (Jazz Appreciation Month Edition) |
| The Village Voice |
| April 2013 |
Prime Time |
| Chris Potter |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2013 |
The Best Jazz Shows in NYC This Month | The Village Voice
| The Village Voice |
| March 2013 |
In the Grand Scheme of Things
| Michael Blake |
| Stereophile |
| March 2013 |
Records to Die For |
| David Gilmore, Matt Wilson |
| Stereophile |
| February 2013 |
Five Splendid Pairings for the Adventurous Winter Jazzfest 2013 Attendee
| The Village Voice |
| January 2013 |
Remembering Tomorrow |
| Steve Kuhn |
| JazzTimes |
| January/February 2013 |
Continuous Beat |
| Rez Abbasi Trio |
| Stereophile |
| December 2012 |
Master of the Mood |
| Meshell Ndegeocello |
| JazzTimes |
| December 2012 |
The Long Waiting |
| Kenny Wheeler Big Band |
| Stereophile |
| November 2012 |
2012 Fall Guide |
| Live Music in Philly |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| September 2012 |
Crossing Over: Is Smooth Jazz Dead?
| JazzTimes |
| September 2012 |
Santiarican Blues Suite |
| Aruán Ortiz & The Camerata Urbana Ensemble |
| Stereophile |
| August 2012 |
“Family Guy” |
| John Pizzarelli |
| JazzTimes |
| July/August 2012 |
To Revive A Jazz City, A Philadelphia Musician Stages A Festival
| Center City Jazz Festival |
| A Blog Supreme |
| May 2012 |
2 By 2
Anthony Braxton/Buell Neidlinger Duo
Stereophile
May 2012
Paul Motian
Complete Remastered Recordings on Soul Note
Stereophile
April 2012
“I Love It All” |
| Eddie Gomez |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2012 |
Citizen Caine |
| Pianist Uri Caine |
| JazzTimes |
| February 2012 |
Records to Die For |
| Ghost Train Orchestra, Ralph Peterson |
| Stereophile |
| February 2012 |
NEA Jazz Masters 2012 |
| Concert at Rose Hall |
| JazzTimes |
| January 2012 |
Trombonist launches Philly jazz fest
| Center City Jazz Festival |
| JJA News |
| January 2012 |
Sonny Rollins, Road Shows Vol. 2
| CD Review |
| Stereophile |
| December 2011 |
The Songbook Keeper |
| Michael Feinstein |
| JazzTimes |
| December 2011 |
Understanding Nicholas Payton
| JazzTimes |
| October 2011 |
Action-Refraction
| CD Review |
| Stereophile |
| August 2011 |
Alone, at Last |
| Craig Taborn |
| JazzTimes |
| July/August 2011 |
Big Love |
| Donny McCaslin |
| JazzTimes |
| June 2011 |
The Next Generation |
| Three emerging jazz leaders
offer inspiration |
| City Arts |
| May 2011 |
“A Little House” |
| Angelica Sanchez CD review |
| Stereophile |
| May 2011 |
A Resolution Realized |
| Kermit Driscoll |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2011 |
Be Ever Out |
| Henry Threadgill |
| JazzTimes |
| March 2011 |
| Cover story |
A Different Tune |
| Tom Moon |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 23-Jan 2011 |
“All That Jazz” |
| Theo Croker in Shanghai |
| Fairmont magazine |
| Spring-Summer 2011 |
Standout of Local Jazz Greats
| Trudy Pitts |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 22-Dec 2010 |
The Awakening |
| Fred Hersch |
| JazzTimes |
| September 2010 |
“Domador de Huellas” |
| Guillermo Klein |
| Time Out New York |
| 12-Aug 2010 |
After the Storm |
| David S. Ware |
| JazzTimes |
| June 2010 |
“Oblivia”/”To Fly To Steal” |
| Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier |
| Stereophile |
| June 2010 |
Welcome to the Machine |
| Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2010 |
| Cover story |
Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh’s Radif Suite
| Time Out New York |
| 15-Apr 2010 |
An Approaching Ship |
| Bill Dixon |
| La Tempestad (Mexico) |
| March 2010 |
Un Buque Que Se Acerca |
| Bill Dixon |
| La Tempestad (Mexico) |
| March 2010 |
Song of Himself |
| Matthew Shipp |
| JazzTimes |
| February 2010 |
Inzinzac Needs Your Money
| Philly trio Inzinzac |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 20-Jan 2010 |
A Conversation with Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell
| Tim Berne & Matt Mitchell |
| Philadelphia Music Project |
| 23-Nov 2009 |
Linda Oh: Divine Simplicity |
| Linda Oh |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2009 |
Jazz bassist does more than just make music
| Christian McBride |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 15-Oct 2009 |
The Commitments |
| Fat Cat Big Band |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2009 |
Sax Appeal |
| Sonny Rollins |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 22-Sep 2009 |
| Front-page feature, Magazine |
Sun Ra redux
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 5-May 2009 |
| Front-page feature, Magazine |
Jazz and Protest: A Reappraisal
| Z Word |
| April 2009 |
The Normblog profile
| David R. Adler Q&A profile |
| Normblog |
| 24-Apr 2009 |
Lifting Off
FLY (Mark Turner/Larry Grenadier/Jeff Ballard)
| Time Out New York |
| 9-Apr 2009 |
| Lead music feature |
Back to Basics |
| Tar Baby |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2009 |
The Bad Plus |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 24-Mar 2009 |
Joshua Redman’s Compass
| Time Out New York |
| 8-Jan 2009 |
Keith Jarrett Solo at Carnegie Hall
| JazzTimes |
| 29-Jan 2009 |
| Online review |
Jazz Horizons: A Diverse Lineage in Context
| PMP 2009 season |
| Philadelphia Music Project Mag |
| December 2008 |
Free Jazz Latin |
| Drummer Francisco Mela |
| JazzTimes |
| December 2008 |
Enrico Pieranunzi at Birdland
| JazzTimes |
| 4-Nov 2008 |
| Online review |
Blowing Their Own Horn
Sci Fi Philly concert series
The Philadelphia Inquirer
30-Nov 2008
Front-page feature, Arts & Entertainment
Post-Pop |
| Rebecca Martin |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2008 |
Not a Jazz Musician? |
| Anthony Braxton |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 5-Oct 2008 |
Creative Music Studio Celebration
| Concert at Symphony Space, NY |
| JazzTimes |
| 30-Oct 2008 |
| Online review |
Doubled Up |
| Mike Reed |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2008 |
Earn Your Keep: Jazz and the Lost Art of Apprenticeship
| Jazz education |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2008 |
| Annual education supplement |
Cutting uncommon paths
| Keith Jarrett at Kimmel Center |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 22-Sep 2008 |
| Kimmel Center concert |
Kabir Sehgal’s Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy and the Creation of a New American Mythology
| A book review |
| Democratiya |
| Autumn 2008 |
| Democratiya 14 |
Three bassists thrill the crowd
| S.M.V. |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 21-Aug 2008 |
| Keswick Theatre review |
Forever Is Here
Return to Forever and the legacy of jazz fusion
The Philadelphia Inquirer
August 3, 2008
Front-page feature, Arts & Entertainment
Filtered Jazz |
| Guillermo Klein |
| JazzTimes |
| August 2008 |
| JVC Jazz Festival supplement |
Yohimbe Brothers play North Star Bar
Yohimbe Brothers (Vernon Reid/DJ Logic)
The Philadelphia Inquirer4-Aug 2008
Sonic Liberation Front at World Café Live
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 29-Jul 2008 |
Echoes of the City |
| Matt Davis and Aerial Photograph |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 23-Jul 2008 |
| Cover story |
Herbie Hancock at JVC-New York
| Herbie Hancock at Carnegie Hall |
| JazzTimes |
| 3-Jul 2008 |
| Online review |
Playing Changes for Change
| Jazz and politics |
| JazzTimes |
| July/August 2008 |
| Guest column |
Willy-Nilly in Philly |
| Jazz and travel in Philadelphia |
| Jazziz |
| July/August 2008 |
Philly singer bridges jazz and Latin sounds
| Venissa Santí at Chris’s Jazz Café |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 23-Jun 2008 |
Sacred Fusion: Jewish and Muslim Melodies Mingle Easily at Moroccan Music Festival
| Fes Festival of World Sacred Music |
| The Forward |
| 26-Jun 2008 |
Pedicin’s sax had them from the start
| Michael Pedicin at Chris’s Jazz Café |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 12-May 2008 |
Startling takes on Mayfield
| William Parker at Painted Bride |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 5-May 2008 |
After din, Polish trio blossoms at Chris’
| Marcin Wasilewski Trio |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 24-May 2008 |
Double duty from a Lovano quintet
| Joe Lovano’s US Five |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 5-Apr 2008 |
Pops maestro plays jazz in flashy style at Kimmel
| Peter Nero |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 12-Apr 2008 |
Blanchard hits political note
Terence Blanchard at Kimmel Center
The Philadelphia Inquirer
21-Apr 2008
The Beats Go On
| Philadelphia jazz scene |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 9-Apr 2008 |
| Cover story |
The Music Man
| Saxophonist Elliott Levin |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 16-Apr 2008 |
| Front-page feature, Magazine |
Zorn’s unorthodox sounds
| John Zorn, Ars Nova Workshop |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 4-Mar 2008 |
The art and song of Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves at Annenberg Center, Philadelphia
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 17-Mar 2008 |
Auktyon creates own style aura
| Auktyon at World Café Live |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 24-Mar 2008 |
Shorter long on jazz variety
Wayne Shorter Quartet at the Kimmel Center
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 31-Mar 2008 |
Down to The Wire: Nutter brings B-more to Philly for series finale
The Wire screening at City Hall Philadelphia
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 5-Mar 2008 |
| Online feature pics by David R. Adler |
Jazzman Up Close
Pianist Danilo Perez
The Philadelphia Inquirer
23-Mar 2008
Front-page feature, Arts & Entertainment
Pat Metheny’s Day Trip with Christian Mcbride & Antonio Sanchez
| JazzTimes |
| March 2008 |
| Lead CD review |
An invocation of Mingus
| Mingus Big Band at Kimmel Center |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 25-Feb 2008 |
War of the Worlds
| Salman Rushdie in Philly |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 27-Feb 2008 |
Berne Unit
Tim Berne’s Bloodcount reunited
Philadelphia Weekly
6-Feb 2008
Bill Frisell a genius of guitar
| Bill Frisell at Rutgers-Camden, NJ |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 28-Jan 2008 |
Standard Bearers |
| Keith Jarrett Standards Trio |
| JazzTimes |
| January/February 2008 |
| Cover story |
Coltrane’s influence wears well on Fortune
| Sonny Fortune at Chris’s Jazz Cafe |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 17-Dec 2007 |
Old-school drummer shares laughs post-bebop classics
| Mickey Roker at Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 31-Dec 2007 |
Improvisation: Charting the Unkown
Improvisation across cultures and disciplines
Philadelphia Music Project
December 2007
Critical Improv Intensive
Improvisation, Community and Social Practice
New MusicBox
19-Dec 2007
Lively double bill of old and new
The Blind Boys of Alabama/Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Philadelphia Inquirer
11-Dec 2007
Sex Mob tops bill at Johnny Brenda’s
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 8-Dec 2007 |
Music in the Post-9/11 World — A Book Review
| Jazz Notes |
| 20-Dec 2007 |
Chris Potter’s Follow the Red Line/Song for Anyone
| JazzTimes |
| November 2007 |
| Lead CD review |
Hometown Homeboys |
| Happy Apple |
| JazzTimes |
| November 2007 |
Harp Warming: Edmar Castaneda brings his nimble fingers to the Art Museum
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 14-Nov 2007 |
Tigran Hamasyan Trio |
| Live in Paris |
| JazzTimes |
| 24-Nov 2007 |
| Online review |
Tiger Okoshi takes on two heritages jazz and Japan in song and trumpet
| Tiger Okoshi at Kimmel Center |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 19-Nov 2007 |
Fred Hersch Trio +2 keeps core creativity
| Fred Hersch at Painted Bride |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 12-Nov 2007 |
Jazzing Iraq
American Voices cultural exchange program, Erbil
JazzTimes
October 2007
Guest column
Major Dapp |
| Andy Milne’s Dapp Theory |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 3-Oct 2007 |
Charles Lloyd trio: Jazz with sax
Charles Lloyd in Montgomery County, PA
The Philadelphia Inquirer
29-Oct 2007
Sax man Kidd Jordan at Art Alliance
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 16-Oct 2007 |
Clarifying why Trane matters
Ben Ratliff’s book Coltrane: The Story of a Sound
The Philadelphia Inquirer
10-Oct 2007
John McLaughlin fills the Keswick
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 2-Oct 2007 |
Odean Pope carries jazz legacy gracefully
The Philadelphia Inquirer
23-Sep 2007
Front-page feature, Arts & Entertainment
Amitav Ghosh’s Incendiary Circumstances: A Chronicle of the Turmoil of Our Times
A book review
Democratiya
Autumn 2007
Democratiya 10
Aesop Rock’s funky fables
The Philadelphia Inquirer
10-Sep 2007
Electric Gypsy |
| Biréli Lagrène |
| Global Rhythm |
| August/September 2007 |
Bluegrass and beyond from Krauss and Union Station
| Alison Krauss at Mann Center |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 16-Aug 2007 |
Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound at Tritone
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 4-Aug 2007 |
Another Shankar, another pop star
| Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 30-Aug 2007 |
A Jazz Homecoming |
| Orrin Evans at Reuben’s Marc |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 25-Jul 2007 |
| Front-page feature, Magazine |
Abstract sounds, lots of rhythm |
| Bowerbird series review |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 16-Jul 2007 |
Vision Festival 2007 |
| JazzTimes |
| 19-Jun 2007 |
| Online review |
Back to the Basement
Howard Fishman’s Basement Tapes project
Philadelphia Weekly
20-Jun 2007
Jazz with piano and banjo?
Chick Corea & Béla Fleck at Keswick Theatre
The Philadelphia Inquirer
18-Jun 2007
Standards and more: McGarry delights
Kate McGarry at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Inquirer
11-Jun 2007
True Mathematics |
| Anthony Braxton |
| JazzTimes |
| May 2007 |
Sounds Unheard Of |
| Electro-Music Festival 2007 |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 31-May 2007 |
| Front-page feature Magazine |
David Torn’s jazz ever stranger and stronger
David Torn’s Prezens at The Clef Club
The Philadelphia Inquirer
21-May 2007
Balkan music has N.Y. band’s fans dancing
Slavic Soul Party!
The Philadelphia Inquirer
11-May 2007
Exceptional Clarity of Jazz Duo
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau
The Philadelphia Inquirer
April 1, 2007
Zanzibar Blue’s final show a sellout
Melissa Walker/Christian McBrideThe Philadelphia Inquirer30-Apr 2007
Music that refuses to be balkanized
Balkan Beat Box
The Philadelphia Inquirer
24-Apr 2007
World Café Live hosts party for 3 Ropeadope artists
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 19-Apr 2007 |
Brain Waves: A Guitar Legend Makes a Tremendous Comeback
| Pat Martino |
| Philadelphia Weekly |
| 14-Mar 2007 |
Hard to Classify But Easy on the Ears
| Tin Hat at World Café Live |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 28-Jan 2007 |
Still Life With Commentator
| Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd |
| JazzTimes |
| 7-Dec 2006 |
| Online review |
Jesse Larner’s Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore and the Future of the Left
| A book review/critique of Michael Moore |
| Democratiya |
| Winter 2006 |
| Democratiya 7 |
A Different Drummer Brings It All Back Home
| Ari Hoenig Trio in Philadelphia |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 29-Dec 2006 |
Taking It to the Streets: Artist-Developed Outreach Education Programs
| Jazz education |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2006 |
| Annual education supplement |
Marilyn Crispell Quartet at Miller Theatre
| JazzTimes |
| 21-Oct 2006 |
| Online review |
Stanley Crouch’s Considering Genius — A Book Review
| Jazz Notes |
| 12-Sep 2006 |
Ralph Towner Solo at JVC
| JazzTimes |
| 21-Jun 2006 |
| Online review |
Rough Crossings
| Jason Moran at Symphony Space |
| JazzTimes |
| 2-Jun 2006 |
| Online review |
Writer’s Choice: Orhan Pamuk’s Snow
Guest column
Normblog
May 2006
Previous guest contributors include Christopher Hitchens, Michael Walzer
Istanbul Southeast Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan: A Political Travelogue
| Lerterland |
| April 2006 |
| A blog series |
The Trial of Tarik Shah
| JazzTimes |
| May 2006 |
| Guest column |
Tarik Shah column: a response
| Lerterland |
| 27-Apr 2006 |
Once More, Jazz With Feeling
| Andrew Hill (cover story) |
| JazzTimes |
| April 2006 |
The Potter Principle
| Chris Potter |
| JazzTimes |
| March 2006 |
Stuart Nicholson’s Is Jazz Dead? — A Book Review
| Jazz Notes |
| 28-Feb 2006 |
Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet
| Wadada Leo Smith in Philadelphia |
| JazzTimes |
| 3-Dec 2005 |
| Online review |
Letters exchange re Gilad Atzmon
| JazzTimes |
| December 2005 |
Excavating Ben
| Guitarist Ben Monder |
| December 2005 |
Two turntables and a saxophone: How jazz plays off hip-hop
| Slate |
| 22-Nov 2005 |
Assessing Atzmon
| Gilad Atzmon |
| JazzTimes |
| October 2005 |
| Guest column |
Keith Jarrett Solo at Carnegie Hall
| JazzTimes |
| 26-Sep 2005 |
| Online review |
Going Deep
| Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel |
| JazzTimes |
| August 2005 |
Tenth Annual Vision Festival
| Vision Festival 2005 |
| JazzTimes |
| June 2005 |
| Online review |
Wayne Shorter Quartet/Dave Holland Quintet at Carnegie Hall
| JVC Jazz Festival, New York |
| JazzTimes |
| 19-Jun 2005 |
| Online review |
The Advancing Guitarist
| Pat Metheny |
| JazzTimes |
| March 2005 |
| Cover story |
Jazz Beat: The Bad Plus and the State of Jazz
| The New Republic Online |
| 14-Feb 2005 |
Sample Sale: Will the Courts Change Hip-Hop?
| Sampling, hip-hop and jazz |
| The New Republic Online |
| 7-Oct 2004 |
Jazz At Lincoln Center’s Grand Opening
| JazzTimes |
| 20-Oct 2004 |
| Online review |
The Good Book
| On jazz instructional books |
| Jazz Times |
| October 2004 |
| Annual education supplement |
Out of the Ashes
| John Abercrombie |
| JazzTimes |
| July/August 2004 |
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba — The Real Story
Drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt tells his tale
JazzTimes
Jun-04 2004
Cover story
Have You Met Mr. Jones?
| Hank Jones profile |
| JazzTimes |
| February 2004 |
Jennifer Good and David Adler
| Wedding feature |
| New York Times |
| 15-Feb 2004 |
| Vows column wedding of the week |
A HyperHistory of Independent Jazz Record Labels
| NewMusicBox |
| July 2003 |
A 70’s Castoff Returns to the Bandstand
The Resurgence of the Fender Rhodes
The New York Times
July 22, 2001
Sunday Arts & Leisure, front-page feature
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