Kevin Whitehead

Drummer Mike Reed's quartet People, Places and Things was put together to spotlight music written in Chicago in a fertile period between 1954 and 1960. The group has since expanded its mission to include later works, which are included on a new album titled Clean on the Corner.

Masabumi Kikuchi's fully improvised album Sunrise features late, like-minded drummer Paul Motian.

Scheinman's quartet features players raised on and accustomed to performing all kinds of music.

From a new series, Kevin Whitehead reviews a pair of '60s LPs from the distinctive trumpeter.

In December, Columbia released a box set of the 19 studio albums Dave Brubeck's quarter recorded between 1955 and 1966. Besides familiar titles like Time Out and Dave Digs Disney, there were a host of all-but-forgotten albums. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says a few of them are well-worth tracking down.

Like a comedian, the drummer knows something about offhand dexterity and split-second timing.

Owens mostly dresses Thelonious Monk's tunes for uptown wear -- Monk the Harlem jam-session swinger.

The latest duo recording from the clarinetist and pianist is like a slow-motion sleepwalk.

Douglas' three very different quintet albums sound very good together, says critic Kevin Whitehead.

A new DVD set catches a rare solo Monk gig, plus sets by John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin and others.