Thomas Conrad

February 2023 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad  |  Feb 09, 2023
Scenes: Variable Clouds; Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center, Vol.1; Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1965–1966.
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January 2023 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad  |  Jan 13, 2023
John Escreet: Seismic Shift, Amina Figarova: Joy and Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Fruition.
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Recording of January 2023: Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen
Recording of the Month
Thomas Conrad  |  Dec 21, 2022
Here It Is: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen
Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter, Sarah McLachlan, Luciana Souza, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, David Gray, Nathaniel Rateliff, vocals; Bill Frisell, guitar; Immanuel Wilkins, alto saxophone; Kevin Hays, piano, Estey; Scott Colley, bass; Nate Smith, drums; Gregory Leisz, pedal steel guitar; Larry Goldings, Hammond organ
Blue Note B003552102 (CD, available as download, LP). 2022. Larry Klein, prod.; Adam Greenspan, eng.; other engineers for seven vocal tracks.
Performance ****½
Sonics ****

This is not just another Leonard Cohen tribute album. It is an ambitious, unified work of art. The performances are all new. They constitute a profound encounter with a towering figure among North American songwriters.

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December 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Jim Austin, Robert Baird, Thomas Conrad, Sasha Matson  |  Dec 16, 2022
Ethan Philion: Meditations on Mingus, Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano: Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian, Brother Jack McDuff: Moon Rappin', Miles Davis: That's What Happened 1982–1985 (The Bootleg Series, Vol.7), Marshall Gilkes: Cyclic Journey and Noah Garabedian: Consider the Stars Beneath Us.
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November 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Jason Victor Serinus  |  Nov 11, 2022
Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert, Barre Phillips, György Kurtág Jr.: Face à Face, Al Foster: Reflections and Dado Moroni: There Is No Greater Love.
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On The Road Again: Three European Jazz Festivals
Music and Recording Features
Thomas Conrad  |  Nov 10, 2022
The first European jazz festival I ever attended was in 2006. It was the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, one of the biggest. Tens of thousands of people overran the cobblestone streets and piazzas of Perugia's old town. The music began before noon and ended long after midnight. At the end of 10 days, I was delirious from joy and sleep deprivation.
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October 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Robert Baird, Thomas Conrad  |  Oct 07, 2022
Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch: The Song Is You, Reinier Baas/Jonas Burgwinkel/Kit Downes: Deadeye, Kirk Knuffke Trio: Gravity Without Airs and Anteloper: Pink Dolphins.
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September 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad, Fred Kaplan  |  Sep 09, 2022
Steve Cardenas/Ben Allison/Ted Nash: Healing Power: The Music of Carla Bley, Matthew Shipp Trio: World Construct and Tyshawn Sorey Trio: Mesmerism.
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August 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad  |  Aug 12, 2022
John Scofield: John Scofield, Fabian Willmann Trio: Balance and Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus.
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July 2022 Jazz Record Reviews
Music and Recording Reviews
Thomas Conrad  |  Jul 15, 2022
Tigran Hamasyan: StandArt, Rebecca Martin/Larry Grenadier/Orquestra Jazz De Matosinhos: After Midnight and Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens: In Common III.
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