If you have not yet read the two-part interview with saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp regarding Armageddon Flower…
Across cultures and ages, the harp has long been associated with peace and tranquility. Its light tones are painted as…
We conclude our review of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival – read day one here and day two here – by continuing…
In a music so heavily built around collective communication, there is something inherently special about a solo performance. Far too…
With our review of the second day of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival - read day one here - we…
One criticism occasionally levied against the more recent editions of the iconic Newport Jazz Festival is that it somehow abandoned…
My review of emerging piano great Isaiah J. Thompson’s Power of the Spirit (Blue Engine, 2023) ended thusly: “a must-have…
We continue our conversation with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp on ‘Armageddon Flower’ (TAO Forms, 2025). You can read Part…
In Lonely on the Mountain (Bantam, 1980), Western novelist Louis L’Amour wisely noted that "there will come a time when…
One never knows where drummer-composer Ches Smith’s muse will take him next. From the Haitian voudou of We All Break:…