Steve Tibbetts’s new album, “Close”, his eleventh on the ECM label, is a haunting, deeply intimate statement – a twilight ...
Polish musician, composer and producer Marek “Latarnik” Pędziwiatr, and American-born, Stockholm-based vocalist Anthony Mills ...
Under the leadership of composer and multi-instrumentalist Mak Murtić, Mimika Orchestra have carved out a distinct identity: since their founding in London (and now based in Zagreb) they mix Balkan ...
Moving to São Paulo, Brazil, in the 1950s, Argentine-born saxophonist and flautist Hector Costita was quickly drawn to the ...
Jeremy Rose’s “Infinity II” is a bold, adventurous journey that offers many rewards in terms of musicianship and sonic ...
Sarathy Korwar’s seventh album “There Is Beauty, There Already” is a compelling exercise in meditative rhythm and trance. In ...
Chicago saxophonist, composer, and educator Sam Pilnick has been steadily carving out a space for himself in the ...
From Glastonbury to Slovakia, Ari Tsugi’s latest album Ryto Vėjas ir Mėnulis (“Morning Wind and the Moon”) finds a fitting home on the adventurous Slovak imprint Sinko Records – a label celebrated for ...
Some performances arrive decades late and still sound urgent, alive and impossible to ignore — Horace Silver’s 1965 Penthouse ...
Night Dreamer’s direct-to-disc series has always aimed to capture jazz at its rawest, with one-take performances, no edits, ...
Pianist Fred Hersch delivers a quietly commanding statement with his latest trio release “The Surrounding Green”. Lyrical, refined and steeped in mutual understanding, this is a charming album and a ...
There’s a special kind of alchemy at work on “IN.SIGHT”, the latest offering from Berlin-based composer, arranger, and saxophonist Fabia Mantwill. Much like her previous work, this album defies easy ...