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

3 years ago

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)

3 years ago

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…

Talk Memory: A Conversation with BADBADNOTGOOD’s Leland Whitty

3 years ago

Over the past decade, Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD has established itself as a powerful force in creative music. The group initially…

Miles Davis: The Final Decade Revisited, Introduction

3 years ago

On September 28, 1991, the world lost a musical giant. An artist who, by his own estimation, changed the face…

Review: Henry Threadgill Zooid’s ‘Poof’

3 years ago

As some artists approach their late careers they become ruthless self-editors, paring down their style to remove everything that is…

Live Review: Herbie Hancock at the Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX, September 13, 2021

3 years ago

Established in 1915, Austin’s Paramount Theatre has hosted many iconic figures in American culture, including Harry Houdini, Katherine Hepburn, and…

Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part Two)

3 years ago

We continue our conversation with Steven Bernstein by discussing his Community Music project more generally and what distinguishes Tinctures in…

Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part One)

3 years ago

Since arriving in New York over forty years ago, Steven Bernstein has established himself as a powerful voice in music.…

Forward Motion: Meshell Ndegeocello

3 years ago

This episode features George in conversation with bassist-vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello. Ndegeocello’s artistic genius has been long documented. So has her…