New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a classic format can still feel fresh. By Hank Shteamer Two of the most ...

Well, some months are packed too full of these goodies to cover in batches of three. We can only hang on and try to keep up. Rissanen's restless lines make Monkian melodies and almost-mathematical ...

The Bad Plus has figured out how to detour around the cul-de-sac into which traditional jazz piano trios have locked themselves. In doing so, they have gone back to the philosophy of Miles Davis in ...

One night in a Japanese jazz kissa changed music listening for me forever. My love for the jazz piano trio began in the most unique way possible. Every now and then, a listening session turns into ...

Oscar Peterson. Bill Evans. Vince Guaraldi. Erroll Garner. Horace Silver. Herbie Hancock. Chick Corea. Hear the Jazz Arts Trio bring to the concert stage the best trio performances of these historic ...