Rob Shepherd

Rob Shepherd

Melding of Worlds: A Conversation with Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary HalvorsonMelding of Worlds: A Conversation with Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson

Melding of Worlds: A Conversation with Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson

Over the past two and a half decades, pianist-composer Sylvie Courvoisier has established a formidable career in combining concepts from…

4 years ago
Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part Two)Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part Two)

Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part Two)

The second part of our conversation with Dave Liebman covers his incredible debut as a leader, Lookout Farm (ECM, 1973).…

4 years ago
Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part One)Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part One)

Eclecticism Continued: A Conversation with Dave Liebman (Part One)

For over fifty years, Dave Liebman has been at the forefront of musical creativity. Whether his time as a sideman…

4 years ago
Talk Memory: A Conversation with BADBADNOTGOOD’s Leland WhittyTalk Memory: A Conversation with BADBADNOTGOOD’s Leland Whitty

Talk Memory: A Conversation with BADBADNOTGOOD’s Leland Whitty

Over the past decade, Canadian ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD has established itself as a powerful force in creative music. The group initially…

4 years ago
Miles Davis: The Final Decade Revisited, IntroductionMiles Davis: The Final Decade Revisited, Introduction

Miles Davis: The Final Decade Revisited, Introduction

On September 28, 1991, the world lost a musical giant. An artist who, by his own estimation, changed the face…

4 years ago
Live Review: Herbie Hancock at the Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX, September 13, 2021Live Review: Herbie Hancock at the Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX, September 13, 2021

Live Review: Herbie Hancock at the Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX, September 13, 2021

Established in 1915, Austin’s Paramount Theatre has hosted many iconic figures in American culture, including Harry Houdini, Katherine Hepburn, and…

4 years ago
Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part Two)Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part Two)

Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Steven Bernstein by discussing his Community Music project more generally and what distinguishes Tinctures in…

4 years ago
Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part One)Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part One)

Changing Molecules: A Conversation with Steven Bernstein (Part One)

Since arriving in New York over forty years ago, Steven Bernstein has established himself as a powerful voice in music.…

4 years ago
Review: Terence Blanchard’s ‘Absence’ featuring the E-Collective and Turtle Island QuartetReview: Terence Blanchard’s ‘Absence’ featuring the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet

Review: Terence Blanchard’s ‘Absence’ featuring the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet

Wayne Shorter is among the best composers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Several of his compositions including,…

4 years ago
Observations from Day Three of the 2021 Newport Jazz FestivalObservations from Day Three of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival

Observations from Day Three of the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival

Jimmy Heath. Tony Allen. Chick Corea. Wallace Roney. McCoy Tyner. The names and pictures of iconic artists who passed since…

4 years ago