Feb 17, 2026 11:30 AM
Chad Taylor Takes on Philly
It is perhaps inevitable that Chad Taylor will forever be associated with Chicago. The drummer and composer played a…
Drummer Chad Taylor’s quintet for his new recording, Smoke Shifter, from left: Bryan Rogers, Matt Engle, Taylor, Jonathan Finlayson and Victor Vieira-Branco
Feb 17, 2026 11:30 AM
It is perhaps inevitable that Chad Taylor will forever be associated with Chicago. The drummer and composer played a…
Mark DeClive-Lowe performs Feb. 19 at The Star Theater in Portland as part of the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival.
Mar 23, 2020 1:13 PM
The Biamp PDX Jazz Festival has undergone a number of changes during the past 15 years: The retirement of longtime…
Avram Fefer expands his trio by adding guitarist Marc Ribot.
Jan 9, 2020 9:25 AM
Saxophonist Avram Fefer is drawn to musicians who push the outer limits of what’s possible. Ornette Coleman, Wayne…
Jaimie Branch’s approach to visual scores developed further while writing music for her latest album, Fly Or Die II.
Oct 11, 2019 9:24 AM
Jaimie Branch wants to hear music that breathes. The trumpeter-composer out of Chicago, and now based in New York,…
Rob Mazurek has three new releases on the Astral Spirits label.
Oct 11, 2019 9:25 AM
In a climatic gun battle in John Sandford’s 2017 crime novel, Golden Prey, bullets tear through a room in Marfa,…
James Brandon Lewis has released his fifth album as a leader, Radiant Imprints, which pairs the saxophonist with drummer Chad Taylor.
Mar 19, 2018 1:44 PM
Since moving to New York City in 2012, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been creating quite a stir with his…
