Speaking His Truth
By Denise Sullivan
In a lively, wide-ranging interview, the saxophonist weighs in on Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the classical composer Saint-Saëns, and discusses his namesake quartet’s new album, The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul.
By Josef Woodard
Although Iyer and Taborn have been performing as a duo intermittently for more than a dozen years, their first official album—The Transitory Poems (ECM)—just has been released.
By Terry Perkins
Aimée’s dream of becoming a jazz singer has taken her around the world. That path now has led to New Orleans, to a less band-defined, more individual musical focus, and to the challenge of recording the new album Move On: A Sondheim Adventure (Mack Avenue).
By Philip Freeman
“I was really young, 1 or 2 years old, but my parents said when the music started I would just lock in. I was in a trance, nothing could break my attention, and I was always focused on rhythm,” Blake said.
Sullivan Fortner was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”: