In the history of improvised music, few figures have brought the music to new audiences as much as George Wein.…
Zoösemiotics, the study of how animals use signals - including sounds - to convey information is an underappreciated field. Its…
The great Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango once sagely noted that “Although music is business, [] you don't start thinking about…
Across cultures and ages, the harp has long been associated with peace and tranquility. Its light tones are painted as…
We conclude our review of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival – read day one here and day two here – by continuing…
In a music so heavily built around collective communication, there is something inherently special about a solo performance. Far too…
With our review of the second day of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival - read day one here - we…
One criticism occasionally levied against the more recent editions of the iconic Newport Jazz Festival is that it somehow abandoned…
We continue our conversation with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp on ‘Armageddon Flower’ (TAO Forms, 2025). You can read Part…
In Lonely on the Mountain (Bantam, 1980), Western novelist Louis L’Amour wisely noted that "there will come a time when…