Take 5

Christian McBride & Inside Straight,  Mike Mainieri-Marnix Bussier Quartet & more

The overall simplicity of approach within Si o Si may be the key: their ideas, whether structured or spontaneous, constitute the crystallization of their individual and collective experience within this group and without (each member has extensive history and current work outside this ensemble). Put this on "Best of 2009' list now!

Five more shotgun jazz CD reviews by Glide contributor Doug Collette – this month he visits: Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Bernstein, Bill Evans.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Avatar (Blue Note) ***1/2: The Cuban pianist has ventured into a variety of stylistic realms both contemporary and traditional during the course of his career, but he sounds as

Time Out Take Five lets Glide contributor Doug Collette takes a pick at five recent jazz releases,

Released under the aegis of The Concord Music Group, this ongoing series of titles depicts Keepnews, to this day a man of discerning ear and literate mind, in the roles of fan, label founder and record producer.  As a visionary strategist and one of the staunchest supporters this music has ever known, he, like the best of these CDs  reflects the vigor and imagination of the art itself.

Time Out Take Five, is a semi-regular series by Glide contributor Doug Collette, where he briefly reviews five recent jazz recordings.

Time Out, Take Five is the first in a regular Jazz column by Glide contributor Doug Collette, where he’ll take five recent releases and size them up.