Tag: Tomeka Reid

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A couple of weeks ago Downbeat published their August issue and with it their 74th annual critics poll of the best in jazz. The list is a lengthy undertaking in so far as it contains 62 categories, which invite critics to vote for a mix of established figures and rising stars. The headlines for this 74th edition of the...

Since the release of 3+3 the formidable cellist Tomeka Reid has appeared on a hat-trick of stunning new albums, personal favourites and contenders for all sorts of accolades, deeply collaborative projects that are up there with some of the best jazz records of the past few years. As part of the Hemphill Stringtet alongside the violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam...

From the very outset, much of Craig Taborn's defining work as a bandleader has come with a trio. After a handful of outings with the saxophonist James Carter's band while still at university, his leader debut called quite simply Craig Taborn Trio was a proleptic exploration of his emerging interests which he put together in some spare studio time...