Harlem Hellfighter: A Conversation with Jason Moran on James Reese Europe (Part One)

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The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…

Review: Thumbscrew’s ‘Multicolored Midnight’

2 years ago

The fourth cut on Thumbscrew’s Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform, 2022) is entitled “Shit Changes.” You don’t have to be a climate scientist or…

January 2023 Capsule Reviews

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With the start of a new year, we also start a new feature on this site. These capsule reviews aim…

Singing Through the Horn: A Conversation with Billy Harper (Part Two)

2 years ago

We continue our conversation with the great Billy Harper by discussing the beginning of his professional career in New York,…

Singing Through the Horn: A Conversation with Billy Harper (Part One)

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The lineage of jazz has long drawn upon ideas from gospel music, whether Louis Armstrong’s presentation of spirituals or Duke…

Review: Jussi Reijonen’s ‘Three Seconds | Kolme Toista’

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"From the snowy, windswept peaks of Lapland to the desert of the Empty Quarter, Three Seconds | Kolme Toista is…

Rob Shepherd’s Favorite Albums of 2022

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My annual list is the only time each year I try to get more personal with my writing, speaking in…

PostGenre’s Best of 2022

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From the mixes of a beat scientist to a double work with a string quartet, our team's selections for the…

Narrative Freedom: A Conversation with Anthony Davis (Part Two)

2 years ago

In the second part of our conversation with composer Anthony Davis, we do a deeper dive into his work, X:…

Narrative Freedom: A Conversation with Anthony Davis (Part One)

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When one looks beyond the jokes about “the fat lady” singing or baseless accusations of the form being boring, one…