Ed Jones/Emil Karlsen – Liminal Spaces (Confront Recordings, 2025) ***** ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Fotis Nikolakopoulos Four years after their first release together, which was reviewed here, Emil Karlsen (drums…

the 44th Konfrontationen in Nickelsdorf ~ The Free Jazz Collective

Photo by author By Andrew Choate  As the geopolitical world continues to reach new depths of…

Ivo Perelman, Nate Wooley, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey

By Sammy Stein The blues – turned inside out, expunged, explored, and exploded – is this…

Words and Images from the 45th Edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival

Soaking in the sights and sounds of the Montreal International Jazz Festival was a true joy! Here…

Jazz and Latin Music – New York Jazz Workshop

The rhythmic traditions brought to the Americas by the African diaspora have had an immeasurable impact…

On About Ghosts, Mary Halvorson Features Sinewy Reeds with Amaryllis, Her Band of Renown

I don’t plan one step ahead,” says guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson, chilling between tour dates…

Music For Black Pigeons – New York Jazz Workshop

The documentary film “Music for Black Pigeons” directed by Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed has recently…

Otomo Yoshihide, Emilie Škrijelj & Tom Malmendier

By Nick Ostrum Weird Morning Meeting is a strange album. On the one hand, the configuration…

Grex Marks the Spot: Guitarist Karl Evangelista at Solar Myth, with Cornetist Bobby Bradford and Drummer Andrew Cyrille

In the summer of its 25th year, Philadelphia presenter Ars Nova Workshop and its still-newish live…

The New Soundcore Motion Boom Plus

I often receive requests to post links to products and articles and normally turn those down,…