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

The longtime friends discuss minimalist funk, deep listening, and creating space for musical conversation ahead of their Newport Jazz Festival…

3 weeks ago

Temporal Stream of Consciousness: A Conversation with Tyshawn Sorey

One of contemporary music’s most uncompromising voices reflects on time, composition, and the limitless possibilities of artistic expression.

4 weeks ago

Review: Shawn Lovato’s ‘Biotic’

On Biotic (Endectomorph, 2026), his third record as a leader, bassist-composer Shawn Lovato leads a chordless saxophone trio that blurs…

5 months ago

Review: Dave Douglas’s ‘Four Freedoms’

Delve into 'Four Freedoms,' an album that reinterprets Roosevelt's 'Four Freedoms' through Dave Douglas's visionary music. Featuring Marta Warelis, Nick…

6 months ago

Echoes of Chickadee Valley: A Conversation with Christopher Hoffman on ‘Rex’

Explore the remarkable life of Rex Brasher, whose unparalleled dedication to bird painting pushed boundaries. Hoffman's album, *Rex*, beautifully reflects…

6 months ago

Review: John Ellis and Doublewide’s ‘Fireball’

Despite the name of woodwind specialist John Ellis’s Double Wide, suggesting a large ensemble, the group is a quintet, with…

6 months ago

Review: Kris Davis and the Lutosławski Quartet’s ‘The Solastalgia Suite’

Coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the term ‘solastalgia” centers on the theme of homesickness while still at home with…

7 months ago

Evolution of Seeds: A Conversation with Peter Evans on ‘Ars Ludicra’

The popular perception of time is linear. One thing leads to another and then to another. But the passage of…

7 months ago