Ingrained in jazz, hip hop, punk, gospel, and R&B, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has discovered a unique way to…
When one thinks of lace as a fabric, often their immediate thought is delicacy and fragility. But appearances can be…
Anyone who frequents the Newport Jazz or Folk Facebook groups would likely recognize the name Jack Casey. For the last few years, Casey has…
We continue our conversation with Maestro Hussain with a focus on how This Moment (Abstract Logix, 2023) differs from prior…
In the summer of 1970, a guitarist continually seeking new sounds visited the House of Musical Traditions, a musical instrument…
One cannot adequately assess the history of the Newport Jazz Festival without examining the recordings captured at the event through…
In the second part of our Conversation with Lonnie Liston Smith (read part one here), we discuss his time with…
Across their almost twenty volumes of the Jazz is Dead series, performer-producers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge have exposed…
The fifth outing in Ropeadope’s Experiment series is markedly different from its predecessors. While all releases to date adopt a general ethos…
Youthful zeal often brings a desire to show your technical capabilities. Young athletes try to sprint as rapidly as possible,…