"I’m so close," poet Camae Ayewa, a/k/a Moor Mother, intones on "Lágrimas del Mar" off of Irreversible Entanglements’ Open the Gates (International…
Has there ever been a musician whose musical imagination is as universal and as omnivorous as William Parker's? Perhaps Alexander…
Jonny Greenwood is primarily known as the guitarist of Radiohead, but he also has a superb discography of film scores.…
As some artists approach their late careers they become ruthless self-editors, paring down their style to remove everything that is…
Wayne Shorter is among the best composers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Several of his compositions including,…
Multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, who records under the moniker L'Rain, creates a unique experience in Fatigue. The album is kaleidoscopic and…
Nobel physicist Erwin Schrödinger once noted that “[i]f a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually…
In 1960, Creed Taylor founded Impulse! Records, which he dubbed "The New Wave in Jazz." While over time, Impulse! established…
An artist’s final recording is often an unusual gift to the world. In large part, this derives from the fact…
Memorial day weekend 1921 started just like any other day in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the…