By Devin Leonard 12/23/09 3:15pm

The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2009

It can be frustrating to be a jazz lover. Even in New York, you run into culturally sophisticated people who would be embarrassed to admit their unfamiliarity with the latest Brooklyn indie rock band (as of this moment, that would be the Dirty Projectors, of course), but are perfectly comfortable confessing their ignorance about an Read More

By Joseph Hooper 12/20/99 12:00am

Paul Motian Sans Piano

Drummer Paul Motian has worked himself into some of the most important piano jazz of the past three decades, with Bill Evans in the 60′s, with Keith Jarrett in the 60′s and 70′s and with Paul Bley seemingly forever. Now with the support of the European boutique label Winter & Winter, Mr. Motian has the Read More