The pairing of trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson seems almost pre-destined. They are two of our most inventive…
Since 2023, the Alvaro Torres trio - pianist Torres, bassist Masa Kamaguchi, and drummer Kresten Osgood - has uniquely merged…
Drummer, composer, and arranger Tyshawn Sorey has put together a top-shelf quintet for a blistering, intense, live double-LP reimagining of…
New York City. The metropolis is more than a living space for over eight and a half million. It is…
A careful observer may notice that many of Ropeadope’s recent releases are tied to the Third Way Cultural Alliance (TWCA), a…
Twelve years have elapsed since drummer and composer Eric Harland released the first installment of Vipassana (Ropeadope, 2014). The music took many by…
Natural Rhythm (Posi-Tone, 2025) is the seventh album by composer and trombonist Altin Sencalar. The album features unorthodox takes on jazz…
Despite the instrument‘s long history in improvised music, the clarinet is often still an outlier instrument in contemporary jazz. Yet,…
David Torn reflects on beauty, horror, and the strange emotional landscapes that emerge when sound transcends genre.
The chordless trio, and especially the saxophone trio, continues to thrive in increasingly adventurous ways. New Jazz Underground (“NJU”), a…