Review: Pat Thomas’ ‘Hikmah’

3 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’

3 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

3 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…

Review: Bob Schlesinger’s ‘Falling From Earth’

3 months ago

To say that Colorado-based pianist/composer Bob Schlesinger’s Falling from Earth (Digmatic, 2025) was a long time coming is a vast…

Review: Jakob Bro’s ‘Murasaki’ and ‘The Montclair Sessions’

3 months ago

Danish guitarist Jakob Bro is the owner of the Copenhagen-based Loveland Records,, a label issuing two albums within a month…

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part Two)

3 months ago

We continue our conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ by delving deeper into her compositional process…

Looking to the Cosmos: A Conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ (Part One)

3 months ago

For eons, humanity has looked up at the vastness of the night sky in wonder. The pinholes of light shining…

Review: Armen Donelian’s ‘Stargazer’

4 months ago

Stargazer (Sunnyside, 2025) is a reissue of an album by a trio of pianist Armen Donelian with bassist Eddie Gomez…

Jazz Detective Zev Feldman Begins Yet Another Journey with New Imprint, Time Traveler Recordings, and Resurrecting Three Largely Forgotten Gems from the Muse Records Catalog

4 months ago

By now, most readers know that the Jazz Detective, Zev Feldman, does not limit his archival work to Black Friday…