Sam Harris – ‘Harmony’ (Album Review)
There’s something about the natural build of Sam Harris‘ songs on his new album, Harmony. The pianist who has work with Ambrose Akinmusire, Melissa Aldana, Logan Richardson, and others has …
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Jonathan Finlayson – ‘3 Times Round’ (Album Review)
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson as a composer and arranger knows quite a bit about interlocking rhythms. Finlayson’s work has always had a driving momentum to it, forging ahead and exploring almost …
Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg – ‘Dirt… And More Dirt’
At this point in Henry Threadgill’s career, we already know the dynamic. Everything else is a refinement of those shifting polyrhythms, those floating melodies that skirt about the tonal and …
Martin Nevin – “Sculpting in Time” (Video)
Bassist and composer Martin Nevin has shared the stage with the likes of Albert “Tootie” Heath, Greg Osby, Ethan Iverson, and Ambrose Akinmusire, but Tenderness is Silent, to be released …
Maria Grand – ‘TetraWind’
Tenor saxophonist/vocalist María Grand is on Steve Coleman’s next album (Morphogenesis with Coleman’s group, Natal Eclipse, is out June 23rd on Pi Recordings). Based on her four-song EP, TetraWind, based …