Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part Two)

3 years ago

For the second part of our conversation with Michael Leonhart on The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside, 2022), we discuss Elvis Costello,…

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part One)

3 years ago

Sometimes the most complicated things in life are those that appear deceptively simple. We all understand, at a surface level,…

Trying to Do Right by the Music: Selected Recordings with Jim Anderson

3 years ago

We continue our conversation with Jim Anderson (click here for our prior discussion with him and Ulrike Schwarz on immersive…

An Immersive Conversation with Jim Anderson and Ulrike Schwarz

3 years ago

On the interplay between music and technology, discussions generally emphasize two areas. The first is the emergence of new instruments,…

Live Review: Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye Trio at Austin’s One World Theatre on February 24, 2022

3 years ago

Who exactly is Pat Metheny? “Smooth jazz” enthusiasts claim him as one of their own. But the guitarist eschews that…

Review: Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double’s ‘March’

3 years ago

The debut recording of Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double was extraordinary. The two-drum (Fujiwara and Gerald Cleaver), two-guitar (Mary Halvorson and…

Golden Rule: A Conversation with Sonny Rollins (Part Two)

3 years ago

In this second part of our conversation with Sonny Rollins, we do a deeper dive into one specific area we…

Golden Rule: A Conversation with Sonny Rollins (Part One)

3 years ago

Fans have long recognized Sonny Rollins as among the upper echelon of figures in improvised music. Some have even ventured…

Bridging the Space Between: A Conversation with Alexander Flood

3 years ago

One can summarize much of the COVID-19 pandemic in one word: isolation. Travel restrictions made walls between countries seem higher.…

Review: Irreversible Entanglements’ ‘Open the Gates’

3 years ago

"I’m so close," poet Camae Ayewa, a/k/a Moor Mother, intones on "Lágrimas del Mar" off of Irreversible Entanglements’ Open the Gates (International…