Before setting anchor at a fortress by the sea. Before fencing the sprawling field beneath a problematic hill. Before cramming…
In 1963, Gunther Schuller coined the term Third Stream to identify what he saw as "a new genre of music…
Trumpeter/percussionist/bandleader/composer/educator Etienne Charles is mostly known for his Creole Soul band and orchestrations. On Gullah Roots (Culture Shock, 2025), the…
In the history of improvised music, few figures have brought the music to new audiences as much as George Wein.…
Zoösemiotics, the study of how animals use signals - including sounds - to convey information is an underappreciated field. Its…
New York-based flutist Itai Kriss leads his quartet and special guests on Daybreak (JoJo, 2025), an album sequenced to follow…
Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has established himself as the most versatile tenorist on the scene today in a relatively…
With Soul & Circuitry (Ropeadope, 2025), Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist/electronics wizard/producer Julian “J3PO” Pollack issues his second album on one of…
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…