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…
Few figures have shaped the course of modern music as much as Miles Dewey Davis III. His chameleonic career can…
The performance by Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet at the 2025 Big Ears Festival was revelatory, in some ways the polar…
Most listeners don’t necessarily associate saxophonist and composer Chris Potter’s work as sociologically or historically focused. Yet, the saxophonist played a…
The drum-less duo of vocalist Jamile and guitarist Vinicius Gomes, joined by bassist Joe Martin, puts a new spin on…
Legend tells that Korea’s plucked zither, the gayageum, was developed sometime in the sixth century by King Gashil of the…
The eponymous release (Candid, 2026) by guitarist Matthew Stevens is not a solo guitar album. He has already released one of those, Pittsburgh (Whirlwind,…
If there was ever a prototypical album to fit this site’s subhead, “Music Beyond Category”, Reverso’s Between Two Silences (Alternate…