Sep 12, 2019 9:15 AM
David Bixler Abandons Inhibitions ‘In the Face of Chaos’
Helplessness and hope often have collided in the day-to-day life of saxophonist David Bixler. He’s spent the past…
Saxophonist David Bixler recruits pianist Jon Cowherd, bassist Ike Sturm and percussionist Rogério Boccato for his latest album, In The Face Of Chaos.
Sep 12, 2019 9:15 AM
Helplessness and hope often have collided in the day-to-day life of saxophonist David Bixler. He’s spent the past…
Mark Wingfield (left) and Gary Husband
Sep 11, 2019 9:00 AM
Leonardo Pavkovic, the head of MoonJune Records, is not bashful in his praise of guitarist Mark Wingfield.
“He…
Caroline Davis initially developed the music on Alula with drummer Greg Saunier during Brooklyn performances.
Sep 10, 2019 9:00 AM
Caroline Davis’ latest trio album, Alula (New Amsterdam), mines the anatomical world—the title referring to an…
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is making plans for the future and looks forward to recording with a pair of orchestras.
Sep 9, 2019 8:16 AM
At this year’s INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria, Abdullah Ibrahim vividly demonstrated the intimacy and cosmic…
Playing with European guitarists indebted to Django Reinhardt stuck with saxophonist James Carter.
Aug 30, 2019 9:00 AM
On a temperate night in April 2017, James Carter was veering dangerously close to the intemperate. Jamming with other…
Julia A. Miller (left) and Elbio Barilari run Chicago’s Delmark Records.
Aug 29, 2019 9:00 AM
After six decades as the overachieving offspring of founder Bob Koester, Delmark Records was purchased in May 2018 by…
David Jahnke (left) of Hal Leonard and NAMM President/CEO Joe Lamond perform during a NAMM event in Nashville.
Aug 28, 2019 10:45 AM
When you say the phrase “career in music,” many people automatically think of recording and touring artists.…
Jazzmeia Horn’s begun writing a follow-up to her recently released album Love And Liberation and also started work on a book of poetry.
Aug 27, 2019 8:24 AM
On the third night of her June run at Jazz Standard in New York, Jazzmeia Horn leapt into her opener, the Betty Carter…
The Tierney Sutton Band includes Kevin Axt (left), Christian Jacob, Sutton, Trey Henry and Ray Brinker.
Aug 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Suburban neighborhood Studio City is on the business end of the Hollywood machine, more likely to be bustling at 7 a.m.…
Chris Stamey has written new material in the style of the Great American Songbook.
Aug 20, 2019 9:14 AM
Aging rock musicians from Rod Stewart to Bob Dylan have turned to the Great American Songbook to revive their creative…
