Apr 13, 2018 1:44 PM
In Memoriam: Cecil Taylor
Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…
Cecil Taylor—shown here performing in Cologne, Germany, in 1987—died April 5. He was 89.
Apr 13, 2018 1:44 PM
Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…
Anthony Braxton performs at a 1993 gig that yielded some of the material on Sextet (Parker) 1993.
Mar 29, 2018 10:28 AM
In the early ’90s, not long after he joined the faculty of Connecticut’s Wesleyan University, Anthony Braxton…
Guitarist Ryan Meagher seems to be settling into his adopted hometown, Portland, Oregon.
Mar 22, 2018 10:39 AM
Finding a few minutes in Ryan Meagher’s increasingly busy schedule to talk about his new album is a unique challenge.…
Pianist Ethan Iverson played Geri Allen’s “For John Malachi” at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre during the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Feb 28, 2018 9:34 AM
In the past, the folks behind the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival have booked their annual event around a theme. In 2009, it…
Born in South Africa in 1939, Hugh Masekela spent 30 years living in exile, before returning in 1990. He lived there for the remainder of his life, maintaining a busy career.
Feb 6, 2018 1:19 PM
Hugh Masekela, a beloved multi-instrumentalist and activist from South Africa whose long career included a surprise pop…
Alicia Hall Moran and Thomas Flippin perform at Gavin Brown’s enterprise in New York.
Jan 5, 2018 10:18 AM
Almost nothing on Here Today, the second full-length from vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, comes as expected. The opening…
