May 26, 2020 8:38 AM
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s Quest For Tranquility
As the coronavirus moved across Europe in mid-March, trumpeter Avishai Cohen sat in his Tel Aviv home, contemplating…
In his band Big Vicious, Avishai Cohen plays trumpet and synthesizers.
May 26, 2020 8:38 AM
As the coronavirus moved across Europe in mid-March, trumpeter Avishai Cohen sat in his Tel Aviv home, contemplating…
Eldar Djangirov’s latest album is titled Rhapsodize.
May 21, 2020 8:00 AM
To display Promethean chops is pianist Eldar Djangirov’s long-established default basis of operations, and his new,…
After performing with John Coltrane, drummer Rashied Ali (shown here) started Survival Records with saxophonist Frank Lowe during the early 1970s.
May 20, 2020 8:32 AM
Although the legendary jazz drummer Rashied Ali is best known for his work as one of John Coltrane’s pathbreaking…
Rachel Therrien might not have garnered as much attention as her fellow Canadian trumpeters, but that could change with Vena.
May 19, 2020 8:53 AM
With the coronavirus pandemic, global economic uncertainty and the prospect of a chaotic and divisive election, a lot…
Drummer Antonio Sánchez and vocalist Thana Alexa have reached a point of mutual influence.
May 15, 2020 7:13 AM
On a chilly January night in New York City, drummer-composer Antonio Sánchez plays a full-body phrase. He hangs back…
Sylvain Leroux helms L’Ecole Fula Flute, an alternative school in Guinea that aims to teach students from ages 6 to 20 academic fundamentals, as well as music.
May 13, 2020 8:52 AM
In a cinderblock schoolhouse with a corrugated tin roof in Conakry, Guinea, reeds specialist Sylvain Leroux is opening…
Giacomo Bruzzo’s RareNoise label has built a catalog filled with adventurous releases.
May 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Before he was a label owner, Giacomo Bruzzo was a frustrated finance bro. Born in Italy, he moved to the U.K. in 1991,…
Ben Williams’ I Am A Man has been issued through Rainbow Blonde, a new label founded by vocalists José James and Taali and engineer Brian Bender.
May 11, 2020 8:49 AM
Ben Williams was completely mesmerized by 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary about mass incarceration and…
Robert Cray recorded his latest album, That’s What I Heard, at the Capitol Records building in Hollywood.
May 8, 2020 9:00 AM
When it comes to the long, storied career of Robert Cray, time and musical fashion have been slippery slopes of the…
Aruán Ortiz (left), Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera perform together on Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt).
May 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Pianist Aruán Ortiz recalls the cacophony of ritmas that pervaded his childhood in Santiago de Cuba on Inside Rhythmic…
