Larry Kart

This album is a pleasant surprise, even if you aren`t that fond of Bill Evans-influenced piano players. Fred Hersch certainly falls into that category, but his desire, as he says...

The instrumentation goes back to the Red Norvo Trio--vibes (Jamal), bass (Dyani) and guitar (Dorge). But even though most of this delightful album has a low-key, chamber-jazz flavor, the Jamal-Dyani-Dorge...

Recording projects don`t get more ludicrous than this one, an attempt by a classical string quartet to play the music of Thelonious Monk. Almost without exception, classically trained string players...

One of the most impressive voices on the country scene is that of the Whites: a three-part vocal so intuitively intact it seems to be a single voice raised to...

More Delights Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones (Galaxy) It`s quite possible that the very worst recording engineer ever to get his hands on a group of jazz musicians is Baker...

One of Chicago`s gifts to jazz-tinged cabaret singing, Morris is even better now than she was back in the 1950s--a genuine ''wisdom singer'' who read lyrics with a heart-stopping dramatic...

These solo piano performances, recorded by Wilson in 1946 and long unavailable, are my choice at the moment for reissue of the year. Tracks are relatively brief, averaging 2 1/2...

This previously unissued 1962 session was based on an Ellington whim, for Duke decided on the spur of the moment to feature Paul Gonsalves, his fine tenor saxophonist, on every...

Best known, if he is known at all, for his brief stint with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, vibraphonist Khan Jamal is a strong player and an interesting composer--with a taste...

I think a basic collection should outline (as much as possible) the history of the western classical tradition and include only major works, so this list tries to pick off...