Review: ‘The Setting’

12 hours ago
Jim Hynes

The eponymous debut of The Setting (Loyal Label, 2026) features a new trio of bassist-composer Elvind Opsvik, keyboardist Elias Stemeseder,…

Holding On: A Conversation with Bill Frisell on ‘In My Dreams’

2 days ago

Throughout the more than three hundred thousand years of human existence, the human mind has dreamt. Dreams are such a…

Review: Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project’s ‘The Longest Way Round’

3 days ago

At heart, pianist, accordionist, and composer Ben Rosenblum is a jazz artist, but he is fascinated by many kinds of…

Review: Corcoran Holt’s ‘Freedom of Art’

5 days ago

With Freedom of Art (Holthouse, 2026), Corcoran Holt releases his second album as a leader. Perhaps best known for his…

Transcending: A Conversation with Sam Morrison and Bill Laswell on ‘Cosmic Trip’

7 days ago

After being rediscovered at Newport in 1955, Miles Davis spent the next twenty years revolutionizing music. With the First Great…

Embracing the Grittiness: A Conversation with Steph Richards and Qasim Naqvi on ‘Talk Show’

1 week ago

Where would the world be without such television “classics” as “I Married a Horse” or “You Left Me for a…

Review: Brandon Seabrook’s ‘Hellbent Daydream’

1 week ago

Accessible is hardly the first word one would associate with guitarist-banjoist Brandon Seabrook. Adventurous, edgy, zany, bizarre, unpredictable, and unconventional…

Review: ‘Deface the Currency’ by The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis

2 weeks ago

Deface the Currency (Impulse!, 2026) is the follow-up to the 2024 eponymous album by The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis,…

Review: Shawn Lovato’s ‘Biotic’

2 weeks ago

On Biotic (Endectomorph, 2026), his third record as a leader, bassist-composer Shawn Lovato leads a chordless saxophone trio that blurs…

Intervention and Observation: A Conversation with Mariel Roberts Musa on ‘Sunder’

2 weeks ago

Unlock the power of 'Sunder,' a groundbreaking work where Mariel Roberts challenges herself to compose for an instrument that amplifies…