WILL FRIEDWALD
Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The New York Sun and…
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Release of New Album Brings Chet Baker, Aloof and Unattainable Despite Movie Star Looks, Further Into Focus
There seems to be a new live set or occasionally a Baker studio session from almost every month in the 1980s. I’ve heard dozens of them, and the miraculous thing is that they’re all special.
New Boxed Set Captures an Important Period in the Career of a Jazz Superstar, Sonny Rollins
His 1959 European tour marks the end of Rollins’s ‘second period,’ which began in 1955, after he liberated himself from a debilitating substance addiction.
Seen as a Chance To Revisit Some Favorite Tunes, ‘The Best of the JLCO’ Also Offers Up Some Enjoyable Surprises
One such is a brilliant performance by a high school-age all-star band directed by Vincent Gardner, more customarily the orchestra’s lead trombonist.
Combining a Gift for Melody With a Deep Soulfulness, Isaiah J. Thompson Focuses on the Spiritual
His new album, ‘The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz Ministry,’ is a collection of original work that is highly influenced by traditional Black sacred music.
Someone Who Actually Remembers the 1970s, Ted Nash, Takes the Reins as Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Plays the ’70s
Nash, who stepped down as a regular member of the reed section a year ago, has assembled a program of superior jazz compositions from those years.
All-Star Celebration of James Moody’s 100th Kicks Off the 2025 Blue Note Jazz Festival
The jazz great was born in Savannah and raised by a single mother in Newark, which is why that city’s performing arts center names its annual fall jazz festival in his honor.
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