Every so often, an album moves beyond music, carrying the listener to an array of deeply reflective moods. Last year,…
The great Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango once sagely noted that “Although music is business, [] you don't start thinking about…
Joshua Redman did not follow suit after his first vocal album, where are we (Blue Note, 2024). Sure, vocalist Gabrielle…
Pianist and composer Matthew Shipp seems to be garnering as much publicity for his criticisms of André 3000’s piano album…
If you have not yet read the two-part interview with saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp regarding Armageddon Flower…
Across cultures and ages, the harp has long been associated with peace and tranquility. Its light tones are painted as…
In a music so heavily built around collective communication, there is something inherently special about a solo performance. Far too…
One criticism occasionally levied against the more recent editions of the iconic Newport Jazz Festival is that it somehow abandoned…
My review of emerging piano great Isaiah J. Thompson’s Power of the Spirit (Blue Engine, 2023) ended thusly: “a must-have…
We continue our conversation with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp on ‘Armageddon Flower’ (TAO Forms, 2025). You can read Part…