Ornette Coleman

Bad Plus...Plus

Bad Plus...Plus

Beyond Playlist: Michael Jackson and More

Genre Divide

Chicago's post-progressive- math-punk-rock-jazz quartet Sweep the Leg Johnny is a sonic non sequitur.

Bill Barron

Modern Windows Suite
(Atlantic/Savoy Jazz)

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 7

John Coltrane

Coltrane Jazz
(Rhino/Atlantic)
The Avant-Garde
(Rhino/Atlantic)

Liquid Soul

Evolution (Shanachie)

Dead Kenny G’s

There’s nothing smooth about the subversive jazzy punk funk these cats play.

Westword's favorite national albums of the year

There’s nothing smooth about the subversive jazzy punk funk these cats play.

Bumpa Crop

From Moroccan-flavored psycho-trance to furious superfunk, Critters Buggin cross space and time zones with their music.

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Listen Up

Fast reviews of recent releases

Cred Sheet

What you need to know to be in the know.

This Just In...

Open-mike jazz nights

Dead Kenny G's

Thursday, February 9, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030; Friday, February 10, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308; Saturday, February 11, Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins, 1-970-482-8300.

Freestyle Fellowship

Awesome live bands sometimes make magic in the studio, too.

Sound Bites

HorrorPops|Doomriders|Greg Osby|Messer Chups|The Kingsbury Manx|The Posies|Rihanna

Jazz Rejuvenation

The Mingus Big Band follows in the legend's footsteps.

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette

The Out-of-Towners (ECM) Land of the Sun (Verve)

Critic's Choice

Nightshark

Nerves You Right

Erase Errata's abrasive strain of avant-rock gets on your nerves in a good way.

Mystic Muses

Musical shamans keep the flame alive during a rare visit to Denver.

X Marks the Spot

Former SST producer Spot brings underground Celtic sounds into the light.

Shock of the Old

Two reasons why today's jazzers are afraid to go where Ornette Coleman went before.

Playlist

Ralph Carney, Charlie Haden Quartet West, Enemymine, Styx

In the Guralnick of Time

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

Feedback

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

Playlist

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

Thrills for the week

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

Feedback

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

Playlist

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

LETTERS

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT?

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

THRILLS

A New Mexico jazz trio makes smart music -- but you'll probably like it anyway.

BIG TRANE

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

CRITIC'S CHOICE

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

THRILLS

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

THRILLS

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

PLAYLIST

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

THRILLS

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

PLAYLIST

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

The Joy of Sax

THE JOYS OF THE NEW JOHN COLTRANE RELEASE.

Over the Weekend: The Bottesini Project at Notably Fine Audio

Jon Solomon​The Bottesini Project Friday, October 16, 2009Notably Fine AudioBetter than: Any other local collective improvisation group.   One of the great things about Bottesini Project shows is the uniqueness of each performance. Since the shows are based completely based on collective impr ... More >>

Jazz at the Root, at the Meadowlark

Jon Solomon​The Bottesini Project Friday, October 16, 2009Notably Fine AudioBetter than: Any other local collective improvisation group.   One of the great things about Bottesini Project shows is the uniqueness of each performance. Since the shows are based completely based on collective impr ... More >>

The Bad Plus at Dazzle, 12/12/10

​ THE BAD PLUS 12/12/10 | Dazzle Over the last ten years, the Bad Plus has established itself as one of the most daring jazz trios in the world. And in the decade that pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have been together, they've proved they can easily maneuv ... More >>

Jazz great Jim Hall's guitar is still talking in Conversations

​ THE BAD PLUS 12/12/10 | Dazzle Over the last ten years, the Bad Plus has established itself as one of the most daring jazz trios in the world. And in the decade that pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have been together, they've proved they can easily maneuv ... More >>

Rich Robinson on his new album, how it differs from the Black Crowes and being a frontman

​As guitarist for the Black Crowes, Rich Robinson has played his share of big venues, but on tour in support of his brand new solo album, Through a Crooked Sun, he's playing more intimate venues, like the Soiled Dove Underground, where he'll appear tonight after an in-store at Twist & Shout at ... More >>

The best national music releases of 2011

​As guitarist for the Black Crowes, Rich Robinson has played his share of big venues, but on tour in support of his brand new solo album, Through a Crooked Sun, he's playing more intimate venues, like the Soiled Dove Underground, where he'll appear tonight after an in-store at Twist & Shout at ... More >>