Four Score: A Conversation with Wadada Leo Smith on Turning 80 (Part One)

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Many people, as they get older, tend to slow down and reduce their workload. Some even step aside and retire…

An Alternative Holiday Playlist

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Remember the old "Saturday Night Live" parody of the "60 Minutes" Point/Counterpoint debate, the one remembered for the line "Jane,…

Days in December: A Conversation with Jacqueline Kerrod

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Historians believe some form of the harp existed as far back as the beginning of ancient Egypt's "Old Kingdom", 2500…

2021 PostGenre Hall of Fame Inductee: John Cage’s “4’33″”

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What is silence? A basic dictionary definition describes it as “the absence of sound.” But is it truly possible to…

Review: Jonny Greenwood’s Soundtrack to ‘Spencer’

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Jonny Greenwood is primarily known as the guitarist of Radiohead, but he also has a superb discography of film scores.…

Sound World Exploration: A Conversation with Sara Schoenbeck

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With its double reeds and complicated fingerings, the bassoon is one of the most difficult wind instruments to master. But…

Density and Space: A Conversation with Yuma Uesaka and Marilyn Crispell

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Since the 1970s, Marilyn Crispell has been a major figure in creative music, pushing the piano into new realms, whether…

Melding of Worlds: A Conversation with Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson

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Over the past two and a half decades, pianist-composer Sylvie Courvoisier has established a formidable career in combining concepts from…

Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part Two)

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The second part of our conversation with Dave Liebman covers his incredible debut as a leader, Lookout Farm (ECM, 1973).…

Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part One)

3 years ago

For over fifty years, Dave Liebman has been at the forefront of musical creativity. Whether his time as a sideman…