Since adding a third musician is what transforms a duo into a group, the trio format…
Category: Jazz Music
Gjerstad / Schlippenbach / Narvesen
By Martin Schray It’s hard not to compare this band with Alexander von Schlippenbach’s trio with…
Matt Mitchell – Sacrosanctity (Obliquity Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Lee Rice Epstein Revisiting some of the East vs. West Coast jazz criticism of the…
Things Fall Apart: Purging Jazz at The Kennedy Center
Much about the nature of the second Trump presidency could be grasped throughout 2025 in its…
Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson: A Love Story
It was an unlikely and courageous love story, but a love story nonetheless. Pearl Bailey was…
Keefe Jackson, Jakob Heinemann, and Adam Shead
By Gary Chapin Keefe Jackson is someone on my “notice” list. Whenever the Chicagoan puts anything…
Hermeto Pascoal: A Hurricane of Multiple Musics
Hermeto Pascoal — the self-taught Brazilian wonder of jazz composition mixed with the sounds of his…
Carol Liebowitz/Nick Lyons – The Inner Senses (Steeplechase, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Hrayr Attarian Pianist Carol Liebowitz and alto saxophonist Nick Lyons are kindred spirits not only…
What’s happening in the trees? The musical universe of Dans Les Arbres ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Stef Gijssels Ever since their debut album “Dans Les Arbres” (ECM, 2008), the French-Norwegian quartet…
Joe McPhee, Susanna Gartmayer, Joe Edwards, Mariá Portugal
By Martin Schray One of my favorite Monty Python sketches is “Why Michelangelo didn’t paint the…