Weaver
Feb 22, 2019 9:00 AM
To appreciate the experimental nature of Weaver, the third album from Chicago’s Twin Talk, compare the short track “Miniature I” with its counterpart, “Miniature II.”…
Feb 22, 2019 9:00 AM
To appreciate the experimental nature of Weaver, the third album from Chicago’s Twin Talk, compare the short track “Miniature I” with its counterpart, “Miniature II.”…
Jun 22, 2016 9:20 AM
In his liner notes to Darren English’s debut album, fellow trumpeter Russell Gunn notes, “Darren English is an…
Jun 21, 2016 5:20 PM
In every jazz lover’s mind there exists the perfect Hammond B-3 organ player. Whether that ultimate B-3 technician is…
Jun 21, 2016 4:37 PM
In recent years, Terrace Martin has been known as the producer for flourishing hip-hop artists like Kendrick Lamar and…
Jun 21, 2016 4:22 PM
Serbian keyboardist Vasil Hadzimanov’s band, with special guest David Binney on alto saxophone, is marvelous on Alive…
Jun 21, 2016 4:08 PM
Australian singer-songwriter C.W. Stoneking has been living in the past for most of his musical life—and that’s a…
Jun 21, 2016 3:21 PM
It takes nerve to name your group after one of the most revered guitar players in the history of the blues. Most of the…
Jun 21, 2016 3:08 PM
The title of drummer-composer Tyshawn Sorey’s extended two-CD set recalls the ambitiously “cosmic” appellations…
May 31, 2016 5:06 PM
The first recording from New Orleans’ new all-star outfit Nolatet feels almost too innovative in its improvisations…
May 26, 2016 5:38 PM
Ana Popovic is a formidable guitarist and a persuasive singer. She’s currently on the road with the Experience…
May 25, 2016 5:26 PM
An irrepressibly swinging guitarist who is also given to blues-soaked phrasing, Ed Cherry is in that lineage of classic…
May 25, 2016 5:18 PM
For the past 35 years, Jane Ira Bloom has been one of a small handful of saxophonists to focus exclusively on the…