jazz

Minimalist Funk Mantras: Charlie Hunter and Ella Feingold Preview their 2026 Newport Jazz Festival Performance

When most “Everyday People” think of funk, they perceive it in a maximalist sense. They soundtrack diaper-clad spacemen tearing the…

5 days ago

Temporal Stream of Consciousness: A Conversation with Tyshawn Sorey

Few concepts so profoundly shape the human experience yet remain as elusive as time. Without a linear conception of it,…

2 weeks ago

Review: Lakecia Benjamin’s ‘We Dream’

 We begin with a question. When is the optimal time for a rising artist to invite a bevy of guests…

3 weeks ago

Review: Harry Skoler’s ‘Echoes’

Despite the instrument‘s long history in improvised music, the clarinet is often still an outlier instrument in contemporary jazz. Yet,…

1 month ago

Review: New Jazz Underground’s ‘Hoodies’

The chordless trio, and especially the saxophone trio, continues to thrive in increasingly adventurous ways. New Jazz Underground (“NJU”), a…

1 month ago

Review: Chris Potter’s ‘Alive with Ghosts Today’

Most listeners don’t necessarily associate saxophonist and composer Chris Potter’s work as sociologically or historically focused. Yet, the saxophonist played a…

2 months ago

Review: Reverso’s ‘Between Two Silences’

If there was ever a prototypical album to fit this site’s subhead, “Music Beyond Category”, Reverso’s Between Two Silences (Alternate…

2 months ago

Review: Gregory Hutchinson’s ‘Kind of Now: The Pulse of Miles Davis’

Just about everywhere you turn in the jazz universe in 2026, there are albums and tours celebrating the centennial birthdates…

2 months ago

Electrical Field of Love: A Conversation with Harriet Tubman (Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs, J.T. Lewis) and Georgia Anne Muldrow (Part One)

Freedom is an inescapable part of the history of Black American music, as the yearning for such is an essential…

4 months ago

Review: Ben Wendel’s ‘BaRcoDe’

Given his penchant for unique projects, it is nearly impossible to predict what saxophonist, composer, and sound architect Ben Wendel…

4 months ago