Jun 21, 2016 3:56 PM
Stephon Alexander Explores Intersection of Jazz & Physics
The idea of a musical universe—The Music of the Spheres—goes back a long way, from Pythagoras and the ancient Greeks to…
Stephon Alexander is the author of The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe.
Jun 21, 2016 3:56 PM
The idea of a musical universe—The Music of the Spheres—goes back a long way, from Pythagoras and the ancient Greeks to…
Thurman Barker (left), Eli Fountain, George Lewis, Aiyun Huang and Tyshawn Sorey perform at the 2016 FIMAV in Victoriaville, Canada.
Jun 21, 2016 3:00 PM
Although it is generally categorized as a jazz festival, the phenomena known as FIMAV (Festival International de…
Melissa Aldana poses outside the Jazz Showcase in Chicago during her residency at the club May 5–May 8.
Jun 21, 2016 2:49 PM
“Grandfathered” is a term for pre-existing conditions that are handed down through generations. In Chilean…
May 31, 2016 5:02 PM
The 2016 Israeli Jazz and World Music Fest got off to a rousing, spirited start when Lazer Lloyd, the Connecticut-born,…
Becca Stevens incorporated astute, philosophical lyrics into songs in the folk-jazz vein during a compelling performance in Pittsburgh on May 23.
May 31, 2016 4:57 PM
Becca Stevens incorporated astute, philosophical lyrics into songs in the folk-jazz vein during a compelling…
John Medeski (left), Julian Lage, G. Calvin Weston, Craig Taborn, Gyan Riley and David Fiuczynski onstage at the FIMAV Festival in Victoriaville, Canada, on May 21.
May 31, 2016 4:55 PM
Trying to keep tabs on the uniquely prolific and ever-morphing force of culture that is John Zorn can be difficult.…
The new album Unheard Bird includes 58 previously unrleased studio takes that saxophonist Charlie Parker recorded in the periof of 1949–’52.
May 26, 2016 5:48 PM
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s album Bird Calls (ACT), which topped the Jazz Album category in the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll,…
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935–1977) was a multi-instrumentalist who blended political activism with jazz.
May 26, 2016 5:45 PM
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a groundbreaking reedist and social justice activist who built a reputation on his ability to play…
Sun Ra leads his Arkestra on the 1980 album Sunrise In Different Dimensions, which HatHut is reissuing on vinyl LP.
May 26, 2016 5:43 PM
Few people have followed jazz through more changes than Werner X. Uehlinger. Born in Switzerland in 1935, he first…
Arve Henriksen of Warped Dreamer performs at the 2016 Moers Festival in Moers, Germany.
May 26, 2016 5:41 PM
Thanks to its adventurous annual music festival, the small northwestern German town of Moers has built up a legendary…
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