Throughout its history, creative music has always been on a conceptual search for freedom. Ornette Coleman sought to move his…
The history of jazz presents a melding of different cultural cues which form the core of the music itself. It…
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If you are reading this, there is a substantial likelihood you arrived here under false pretenses. Apologies for the deception.…
We continue our conversation with Jason Moran by going deeper into the songs on his James Reese Europe inspired album,…
The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…
The fourth cut on Thumbscrew’s Multicolored Midnight (Cuneiform, 2022) is entitled “Shit Changes.” You don’t have to be a climate scientist or…
With the start of a new year, we also start a new feature on this site. These capsule reviews aim…
We continue our conversation with the great Billy Harper by discussing the beginning of his professional career in New York,…
The lineage of jazz has long drawn upon ideas from gospel music, whether Louis Armstrong’s presentation of spirituals or Duke…