By now, most readers know that the Jazz Detective, Zev Feldman, does not limit his archival work to Black Friday…
Drummer/composer Phil Haynes constantly leaves listeners anticipating what he will do next. In the past three years alone, he has…
Music has a unique ability to convey emotions that transcend written or spoken language. Things lost in translation cannot be…
While it’s been done in pop, appearing noticeably pregnant on an album cover is a rarity for improvisation-based music. Indeed,…
Saxophonist-composer Donny McCaslin is determined to move way beyond conventional concepts of jazz, jazz-rock fusion, or any label you want…
The title of Mike Clark’s latest record, Itai Doshin (Wide Hive, 2025) comes from the drummer’s Buddhist beliefs, a worldview…
Tribute albums have been an ubiquitous part of modern music. They generally fall into two categories. Some honor a specific…
With Quartets and Solos (Contagious, 2025), bassist and composer Noah Garabedian appears for the first time on saxophonist Dayna Stephens'…
Trio of Bloom (Pyroclastic, 2025) is the first meeting of three titans of creative music, artists to whom genres and…
Audiences who saw artist-in-residence Henry Threadgill at Big Ears in 2024 were enthralled with five performances, each featuring a different…