Review: Jon Irabagon PlainsPeek’s ‘Someone to Someone’

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Fresh off his complex project Server Farm (Irrabagast, 2025), where he led a nonet in blending electronics and hues of…

Bringing Back the Heartbeat: A Conversation with Theon Cross

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In 1835, German instrument makers Wilhelm Wieprecht and Johann Moritz patented the first tuba as a brass instrument that could…

Review: Ron Blake’s ‘SCRATCH Band’

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For a musician who excels in both big bands and combo settings, large and small, sometimes it’s refreshing to take…

Review: Rachael & Vilray‘s ‘West of Broadway’

6 months ago

Timed nicely for their appearance at the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival, Rachael and Vilray issue their third album, West of…

Touching the Continuum: Sebastian Rios Previews New Jazz Underground at Newport

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As nonsensical as it may seem in the abstract, sometimes ideological wars are a necessary step towards a renewed and…

Review: Jimmy Greene’s ‘As We Are Now’

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Saxophonist and composer Jimmy Greene is recognized by many as a vital member of Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet, which will…

Flying to a New Land: Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio Preview Cymande at the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival

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Of the world's roughly eleven thousand bird species, there is something particularly special about the dove family. Dating back to…

Past, Present, and Future: Day Two of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival

6 months ago

With our review of the second day of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival - read day one here - we…

Enchanted: Marcus Gilmore on Honoring Roy Haynes at Newport and Journeying to the New

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In making sense of the story of jazz, historians often craft a narrative that neatly divides into different generations and…