On Finding Gabriel (Nonesuch), which dropped in May, Mehldau, who turns forty-nine in August, eschews the acoustic landscape and the written word for musical ruminations on Old Testament prophecy and wisdom.
Chick Corea is Qwest TV's guest of the month. Here is a selection of eight must-listen albums of his long and rich career.
“How many musicians do you know who can work with Ray Charles, Chick Corea, and Brad Mehldau, and also play completely free and make it work?” Lionel Loueke asks rhetorically in a promotional video for drum-master Jeff Ballard’s new release, Fairgrounds.
Aaron Parks' long-anticipated quartet recording, Little Big, on Ropeadope, marks a return to the eclectic, indie-rock vibe that he established on his brilliant but under appreciated 2008 debut Invisible Dreams (his sole Blue Note Records outing).
Founder of RH Factor, composer of "Strasbourg Saint-Denis": the trumpeter hailing from Texas has passed at the age of 49.
Sears favours careful chording rather than grandstand soloing, and his trio, Guilhem Flouzat and Martin Nevin , plus two guests, saxophonist Dayna Stephens and multi-instrumentalist Sam Gendel, performs with a glowing sensitivity that avoids the trap of being too understated for its own good.
