Two of the most innovative, virtuosic young jazz pianists—Jason Moran and Brad Mehldau—are playing back to back at Central Park’s SummerStage on Friday, Aug. 5, and the combination is likely to make for not only a rousing concert but a heady display of the new paths that jazz continues to carve.
Mr. Moran, not quite Read More
Two of the most innovative, virtuosic young jazz pianists—Jason Moran and Brad Mehldau—are playing back to back at Central Park’s SummerStage on Friday, Aug. 5, and the combination is likely to make for not only a rousing concert but a heady display of the new paths that jazz continues to carve.
Mr. Moran, not quite Read More
The boy bands, the Britney clones and even the original navel-barer-all started their slow parade to the digital bone yard this year. And that wasn’t the only reason to celebrate. There was a lot of good music released this year, much of it from a bunch of old warhorses who were big when analog was Read More
Ella Fitzgerald’s cut of “Fascinating Rhythm” was blasting through the hallways when 35-year-old jazz pianist Bill Charlap let me in the door of his cheerful wood-frame house in Maplewood, N.J.
“That’s a big entrance,” I said.
“Didn’t plan it, but it works,” replied the super-affable Mr. Charlap, who was nattily dressed in a cream-colored Read More
Madonna: True Bleu
Let’s face it: Though we may find ourselves compelled to consume chunk after nugget of faux news about Madonna, her children, her yoga or the continent she happens to be visiting, none of us really knows a damn thing about this woman.
And after listening to the genuinely melancholy Music (Maverick/Warner Read More
