Culturekiosque JazzNet: CD Reviews

Mike Zwerin picks and pans jazz CDs, with occasional excursions into pop and other forms.

Most recent features:

Editor's Pick: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2013

The 2013 edition boasts an expanded schedule featuring contemporaries of Charlie Parker as well as up and coming jazz musicians that continue to shape and drive the art form.

CD Review: Manu Katché's Third Round

Following on from "Neighbourhood" and "Playground", the latest installment of the music of the French drummer Manu Katché.

George Benson: "Songs and Stories"

Ten-time Grammy winner George Benson continues to carefully construct a catalog of releases that appeal to a growing and varied audience, without compromising his craft.

Jazz CD Review

Merry Christmas Ho Ho Ho! Robert Magris Europlane, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Dexter Gordon and Le Sacre du Tympan are among the CK jazz picks for this holiday season.

Jazz and Pop CD Review: Vocals A Go Go

Jazz and Pop CD Reviews of Norah Jones, Marvin Gaye, Otis Taylor, Peru Negro, David Byrne by Mike Zwerin, jazz and pop editor of Culturekiosque.

Founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969, ECM Records has followed a policy of only recording new music he considers important. A review of the first eight volumes of the :rarum series, ECM Records latest collection