The eponymous release (Candid, 2026) by guitarist Matthew Stevens is not a solo guitar album. He has already released one of those, Pittsburgh (Whirlwind,…
If there was ever a prototypical album to fit this site’s subhead, “Music Beyond Category”, Reverso’s Between Two Silences (Alternate…
In the Internet Age, we are continually surrounded by words. Statements inundate our every waking moment. But it is rare…
Phil Haynes keeps pushing ahead, often in unexpected directions. Terra (Corner Store Jazz, 2026) is less a revolutionary setting than…
We have barely caught our collective breaths. Only three months after trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas released his outstanding Four…
Where do we go from here? Though we all exist on a linear timescale, humans have always wondered about the…
Shards (Red Hook, 2026) is the follow-up to Refract (Red Hook, 2023) by the trio of pianist Jason Moran, electronic…
Louis Armstrong once noted that “music is life itself.” Expression through sound is a requisite and inescapable part of human…
With Alkebulan (Outside in Music, 2026), the Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra returns to explore the diasporic roots of its leader…
Lauren “Lo” Steele’s debut, Only a Drop (Little Village), is in some respects the female equivalent of Kurt Elling’s Superblue, though invariably even…