Rave reviews for Icons Among Us

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the present tense has been getting rave reviews from a wide spectrum of the press. Here is just a sample of what’s being said.

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

Published: May 11, 2009
By John Kelman
allaboutjazz.com

“With the kind of boundary-busting, genre-defying approach that Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense has demonstrated throughout its four-week run, jazz finally has a voice that articulates not only what it was, but what it is and what it might become. Without a doubt the best series on jazz that’s ever been produced, it’s one that doesn’t deny the music’s deep roots in the African-American tradition; but by including voices from around the world, from different cultures and genders, it posits that it is, indeed, time to dispense with narrow definitions and accept jazz as a music that grows through cross-pollination, assimilation and inclusion.”

Read in-depth reviews of all four episodes at allaboutjazz.com
Episode One: The Quiet Revolution
Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time
Episode Three: In the Spirit of Family
Episode Four: Everything Everywhere