Ben Sidran tours the Midwest, again
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR On the phone this week from his home in Madison, Wisc., Ben Sidran discussed some of his ...
Tag: jazz
Music’s power to heal
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When the AJW contacted pianist Emmet Cohen on a Friday afternoon in late April, he was visiting ...
Black and Jewish Americans unite to talk about fighting antisemitism and all that jazz
By LARRY LUXNER In the late 1930s, Jewish clarinetist and jazz bandleader Benny Goodman, known as the King of Swing, ...
He’s back to playing like Fred Hersch
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR In his exemplary 2017 memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz, acclaimed ...
‘Imagine That’ sounds sublime
Drummer Daniel Freedman follows up his acclaimed 2012 album, Bamako by Bus, with Imagine That (Anzic Records), a vibrant collection ...
Calling on God’s mercy
Jeremy Walker’s brilliant composition, 7 Psalms, will be performed in an evening-length performance Jan. 23 at Orchestra Hall By MORDECAI ...
‘Solo’ album showcases Fred Hersch’s virtuosity
Jazz aficionados have held pianist Fred Hersch in high esteem for many years. His 2014 trio album, Floating, received overwhelming ...
Oded Tzur weaves a spell on debut album
Oded Tzur is yet another of the hugely talented musicians from the Tel Aviv jazz scene making a name for ...
‘2 Families – 1 Groove’
Ben Sidran returns to the Dakota Jazz Club, where he and his son, Leo, will play with local luminaries Billy ...
In the groove through ‘twintuition’
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The opening track on The Potash Twins, the new album from identical twins Ezra Potash (bass trombone) ...
