Accessible is hardly the first word one would associate with guitarist-banjoist Brandon Seabrook. Adventurous, edgy, zany, bizarre, unpredictable, and unconventional…
Deface the Currency (Impulse!, 2026) is the follow-up to the 2024 eponymous album by The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis,…
On Biotic (Endectomorph, 2026), his third record as a leader, bassist-composer Shawn Lovato leads a chordless saxophone trio that blurs…
Delve into 'Four Freedoms,' an album that reinterprets Roosevelt's 'Four Freedoms' through Dave Douglas's visionary music. Featuring Marta Warelis, Nick…
Unveil Tigran Hamasyan's 'Manifeste,' a transformative musical odyssey blending Armenian traditions with jazz. Recorded globally, this 2026 album challenges listeners…
The eponymous Take A.M.E. is the debut from a trio co-led by three artists based in New York City - alto saxophonist…
Julian Lage is unafraid to switch gears. While the guitarist has held together his trio with bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King, over…
Despite the name of woodwind specialist John Ellis’s Double Wide, suggesting a large ensemble, the group is a quintet, with…
The first release by Craig Taborn since being named a MacArthur Fellow in late 2025, Dream Archives (ECM, 2026) finds…
Coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term ‘solastalgia” centers on the theme of homesickness while still at home with…