Review: Billy Hart’s ‘Multidirectional’

2 months ago

Over the past six months, several NEA Jazz Masters - all of them octogenarian, or close to - have released…

Review: Lina Allemano Four’s ‘The Diptychs’

2 months ago

Give the devil of algorithmic media its due for knowing things about you that you never suspected. Who knew, for…

Review: Mark Turner’s ‘Reflections on: The Auto-Biography of an Ex-Colored Man’

2 months ago

A more cerebral artist, saxophonist and composer Mark Turner, never makes it too easy for the listener. However, he may…

Review: Thomas Morgan’s ‘Around You is a Forest’

2 months ago

As evidenced by two recent collaborations with Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro’s Loveland Music, is releasing some of the most…

La Belle Ville: A Conversation with David Binney and Tommy Crane on ‘The Isle’

2 months ago

Music has always pulsed through Montréal’s DNA, from its origins to the present. Legend tells that when the city's founder,…

Review: Chad Taylor’s ‘Smoke Shifter’

2 months ago

Drummer Chad Taylor is perhaps best known for his work as a sideman for the likes of James Brandon Lewis, Marc Ribot, Luke…

Review: Pat Thomas’ ‘Hikmah’

2 months ago

Hikmah (TAO Forms) is the solo album from [Ahmed]’s virtuoso pianist Pat Thomas, whom Matthew Shipp has identified in his…

Review: For Living Lovers’ ‘Natural Name’

2 months ago

Natural Name (Sunnyside, 2025) is the second album by For Living Lovers, the acoustic duo of guitarist Brandon Ross and…

Touching the Purple Haze: A Conversation with Stanley Jordan on Reimagining Jimi Hendrix

2 months ago

Often, emphasis on genre improperly discards the lines of influence that transcend imposed stylistic segmentations. No artistic expression exists solely…

Review: Domo Branch’s ‘Hands of Gifts’

3 months ago

The gratitude of drummer-composer Domo Branch, an in-demand rising star of contemporary jazz, is evident in many ways as on…