Mar 27, 2019 9:00 AM
The Solo Path of Michael Rother
Though his résumé includes a long and varied solo career, Michael Rother’s work often has been discussed in…
The entirety of Solo provides a deluxe reminder of Michael Rother’s impact on modern music.
Mar 27, 2019 9:00 AM
Though his résumé includes a long and varied solo career, Michael Rother’s work often has been discussed in…
Multi-instrumentalist Macie Stewart divvies up time between Ohmme and a batch of other projects.
Mar 26, 2019 9:00 AM
With time split among indie-rock band Ohmme, Chicago’s experimental jazz community and a perennial quest for her next…
Michael Wolff’s new release, Swirl, is his first leader date in nearly a decade.
Mar 25, 2019 9:00 AM
Michael Wolff’s father once shared with him a psychiatrist’s perspective on music and life: “Everyone who listens…
Angel Bat Dawid’s The Oracle splices together sonic fragments, spoken word and more.
Mar 22, 2019 9:00 AM
Angel Bat Dawid, a Chicago-based avant-garde composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist, hails from seven…
Multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber tailored her writing on Clockwise to the improvising musicians she assembled for the project.
Mar 20, 2019 9:00 AM
For decades, jazz composers have struggled for the recognition and resources enjoyed by their classically oriented…
Norman Granz (1918–2001)
Mar 18, 2019 9:00 AM
The history of jazz offers a select group of rebels who profoundly bent its fortunes without ever playing a note of…
Magela Herrera perceives her work to be the result of a musical and cultural collision.
Mar 15, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s surprising to hear Havana-born flutist, composer and vocalist Magela Herrera talk about inspiration drawn from…
While jazz has been a common thread, the work of Danish guitarist Mark Solborg’s has veered well outside any clear parameters.
Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM
Danish guitarist Mark Solborg has been a ubiquitous presence on Copenhagen’s creative music scene for two decades,…
Aaron Goldberg’s academic work might have influenced his music in more ways than he’s aware of, at least in a conceptual sense.
Mar 6, 2019 9:00 AM
On a cold December evening, Aaron Goldberg was giving a piano lesson in Spanish at his Brooklyn apartment, working his…
Bassit Carlos Henriquez has recorded The South Bronx Story, both live and in the studio, and RodBros Music is set to issue the material later this year.
Mar 5, 2019 9:00 AM
The tumbao, that basic building block of Afro-Cuban music, is deeply imbedded in bassist Carlos Henriquez’s DNA. Like…
