Review: ‘Triple Fever’

10 months ago

Just when you think we’ve reached peak piano trio, a new recording arrives to demonstrate the infinite elasticity of the…

“If You’re Not Still Learning, You’re Still”: A Conversation with Kahil El’Zabar on the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble at Fifty

10 months ago

Canadian journalist Graydon Carter once noted, "We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human…

Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of Maroons and Grand Griot of New Orleans (Part Two)

10 months ago

We continue our conversation (read part one here) with Chief Adjuah, formerly known as Christian Scott, by discussing the connections…

Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of Maroons and Grand Griot of New Orleans (Part One)

10 months ago

Many attribute the phrase “History is a series of lies that people have agreed upon” to Napoleon Bonaparte, allegedly stated…

Broken Trance: A Conversation with Ches Smith on ‘Laugh Ash’

10 months ago

As Arnold Schoenberg once noted, “Intelligibility in music seems to be impossible without repetition.” Repetition is a shared facet of…

Review: Mary Halvorson’s ‘Cloudward’

10 months ago

Mary Halvorson gives a wide range of effects and musical roles to her guitar, and the result is always idiosyncratic.…

Harmony on Your Side: A Conversation with George Coleman (Part Two)

10 months ago

We continue our conversation with NEA Jazz Master George Coleman (read part one here) by continuing to discuss his time…

Harmony on Your Side: A Conversation with George Coleman (Part One)

10 months ago

Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way of interviews making it to print. This interview with the legendary George Coleman,…

Premiere: NEA Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim’s Single “Water from an Ancient Well” from ‘3’

11 months ago

Abdullah Ibrahim has spent most of his life using music to stand up to injustice. Born in Capetown in 1934,…

Complex Dream: A Conversation with Rubin Kodheli on his Music and Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto

11 months ago

On March 28, 2023, the world lost one of its great composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Although emotionally powerful, Mr. Sakamoto’s work…