Here is a fun exercise for a reader’s consideration. Consider these two quotes: “[It is] just a bunch of notes…
Although instruments like the Teleharmonium plugged in as early as the late Nineteenth Century, it was not until the 1970s…
Despite its jagged start, listen to Cantica Profana - The Béla Bartók Field Recordings (Sunnyside, 2025) its whole way through…
Fresh off their appearance at the Big Ears Festival, which this author unfortunately missed, the trio Fieldwork return with their…
Caelan Cardello is breaking out. As part of vocalist Tyreek McDole's backing quartet at this summer’s Newport Jazz Festival, the…
Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at the Village Vanguard (Miel Music, 2025) is alto saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón’s first live album with his…
There is a particular power in the creation that comes out of long-term artistic relationships. While there is an excitement…
Strap yourself in for an exhilarating ride. Trombonist and composer Jacob Carchik’s Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time…
The comparison of a familiar hell to a strange heaven drives Australian-born bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh’s thinking…
The well-decorated Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist Aruán Ortiz has developed his reputation in the avant-garde or free jazz world. Typically, when…