For the last quarter of the 20th century, Italian labels Black Saint and Soul Note issued an influential series of…
For April, Brian Kiwanuka and Rob Shepherd provide capsule reviews of four recordings by saxophonists who are pushing music in…
Artistic expression has a unique power to flourish even when the soil is arid and lacking nutrients. The COVID pandemic,…
For March, Brian Kiwanuka and Rob Shepherd provide capsule reviews of three recordings – Cécile McLorin Salvant's Melusine (Nonesuch, 2023),…
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…
For February - just under the wire - we provide capsule reviews of recent works with an eye towards avant-garde…
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,…
