The obsession of many in the music industry to categorize art frequently overlooks the shared tree upon which so many…
We continue our conversation with Stuart Bogie on The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo's The Prophets in the City (Royal…
The big band concept has existed for well over a century. Throughout that time, dance has always been an essential…
For the second part of our conversation with Michael Leonhart on The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside, 2022), we discuss Elvis Costello,…
Sometimes the most complicated things in life are those that appear deceptively simple. We all understand, at a surface level,…
We continue our conversation with Jim Anderson (click here for our prior discussion with him and Ulrike Schwarz on immersive…
On the interplay between music and technology, discussions generally emphasize two areas. The first is the emergence of new instruments,…
Who exactly is Pat Metheny? “Smooth jazz” enthusiasts claim him as one of their own. But the guitarist eschews that…
The debut recording of Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double was extraordinary. The two-drum (Fujiwara and Gerald Cleaver), two-guitar (Mary Halvorson and…
In this second part of our conversation with Sonny Rollins, we do a deeper dive into one specific area we…