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…
In the Internet Age, we are continually surrounded by words. Statements inundate our every waking moment. But it is rare…
Phil Haynes keeps pushing ahead, often in unexpected directions. Terra (Corner Store Jazz, 2026) is less a revolutionary setting than…
We have barely caught our collective breaths. Only three months after trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas released his outstanding Four…
Where do we go from here? Though we all exist on a linear timescale, humans have always wondered about the…