La Belle Ville: A Conversation with David Binney and Tommy Crane on ‘The Isle’

3 weeks ago

Music has always pulsed through Montréal’s DNA, from its origins to the present. Legend tells that when the city's founder,…

Review: Chad Taylor’s ‘Smoke Shifter’

4 weeks ago

Drummer Chad Taylor is perhaps best known for his work as a sideman for the likes of James Brandon Lewis, Marc Ribot, Luke…

Review: Pat Thomas’ ‘Hikmah’

4 weeks ago

Hikmah (TAO Forms) is the solo album from [Ahmed]’s virtuoso pianist Pat Thomas, whom Matthew Shipp has identified in his…

Review: For Living Lovers’ ‘Natural Name’

1 month ago

Natural Name (Sunnyside, 2025) is the second album by For Living Lovers, the acoustic duo of guitarist Brandon Ross and…

Touching the Purple Haze: A Conversation with Stanley Jordan on Reimagining Jimi Hendrix

1 month ago

Often, emphasis on genre improperly discards the lines of influence that transcend imposed stylistic segmentations. No artistic expression exists solely…

Review: Domo Branch’s ‘Hands of Gifts’

1 month ago

The gratitude of drummer-composer Domo Branch, an in-demand rising star of contemporary jazz, is evident in many ways as on…

Review: Bob Schlesinger’s ‘Falling From Earth’

1 month ago

To say that Colorado-based pianist/composer Bob Schlesinger’s Falling from Earth (Digmatic, 2025) was a long time coming is a vast…

Review: Jakob Bro’s ‘Murasaki’ and ‘The Montclair Sessions’

1 month ago

Danish guitarist Jakob Bro is the owner of the Copenhagen-based Loveland Records,, a label issuing two albums within a month…

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part Two)

1 month ago

We continue our conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ by delving deeper into her compositional process…

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part One)

1 month ago

For eons, humanity has looked up at the vastness of the night sky in wonder. The pinholes of light shining…