John D. Rockefeller once said, “A friendship founded on business is better than a business……...
Tag: Winter 2018
Modern improvised electric music isn’t exactly your father’s fusion. In fact, the genre has expanded……...
The music of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and the Count Basie Band has……...
With a career that was essentially born in New York City’s Knitting Factory scene of……...
Throughout 2015, following in Tchaikovsky’s footsteps, saxophonist Ben Wendel released the first iteration of The……...
The title, of course, has nothing to do with lighter-hoisting encore-shouters at a Lynyrd Skynyrd……...
From fear of heights to stage fright, Warsaw-born guitarist and composer Rafal Sarnecki has been……...
This third — and best — release by pianist Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band……...
is among the character traits that define the most successful creative artists. And Buster Williams,……...
Eternally youthful Günter “Baby” Somer, 75, seems to enjoy himself every time he plays. The……...
Spiderwebmandala is a fully improvised live set by pianist Carol Liebowitz and clarinetist Bill Payne,……...
Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser is an important, relatively new voice on his instrument who boasts……...
Some recordings jolt listeners with new ideas that take the music in previously unimagined directions….…...
Much of the music Phronesis has made since their 2005 debut has had a dark……...
In the still-formative yet substantial recorded output of Cécile McLorin Salvant, the Miami-born vocalist has……...
The year-long incubation of trumpeter Russell-Gunn’s 19-piece Royal Krunk Orchestra has paid off with dividends….…...
Manic expressives like Bob James never really take hiatuses, they simply blend into other musicians’……...
On her second release, the dynamic Crime Zone, Los Angeles-based pianist Connie Han exhibits a refreshing inventiveness……...
Thirty years ago, when I worked at Columbia University, I would often walk a few……...