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1984: The Forward Process
by John Sharpe
Straight from the first notes, reality blurs and form becomes fluid. On The Forward Process Belgian guitarist Kobe Van Cauwenberghe turns a literary notion of time into a working musical system. He sets his guitar alongside French saxophonist Sakina Abdou and English turntablist Mariam Rezaei on cycles that rarely resolve in the conventional sense. Under the moniker 1984--named after the birth year of the three protagonists, but with Orwellian echoes--the three traverse five pieces by Van Cauwenberghe intercut with three ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Allen at 102! Black Musics: From the Crunchy Edge to the Chewy Center...
by Hobart Taylor
New releases from Saul Williams, Danielle Ponder, Zaccai Curtis and Faye Carol Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Danielle Ponder “Power" from Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans) 00:09 Marshall Allen “Slingshot Effect" from101: An Audio Odyssey(Ropeadope) 02:25 Host Speaks 10:14 Faye Carol “Black Night" from Faye Sings The Blues (Getdown) 11:21 Bruce Williams “Ora Dee" from Solid Perspective (WJ3) 19:38 Vanisha Gould “Strollin' (Nostalgia In Times Square)" from What An Interesting Girl (Cellar) 23:49 Host Speaks 31:01 Saul Williams “Mazahua ...
Continue ReadingCaesar Frazier, Goldings Bernstein Stewart, Somi, Mike Clark and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Caesar Frazier, Clark Sommers, Goldings Bernstein Stewart, Somi, Adrian Younge, Mike Clark, Arman Sangalang, John Clayton, Haruna Fukazawa, Jae Sinnett, Carlos Henriquez, Malcolm Strachan, Reid Hoyson Project, Sarah Sharp, Suzanne Pittson, Bevan Manson, Michael Dease Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Lisa Rich, Andrew Kim, Nicolas Payton, Zaccai Curtis, Emmet Cohen, Nduduzo Makhathini, Eve Cornelious, Amanda Tosoff, Bruce Williams, Joey Alexander, Helen Sung Big Band, Cindy Blackman Santana, Ben Patterson, Paul Carlon, Jun Iida, Tristan Cappel, ...
Continue ReadingCool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame, as told to and adapted by Ben Sidran
by Mark McKergow
Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame Ben Sidran 160 Pages ISBN: 9781800509283 Equinox Publishing 2026 British singer and keyboardist Georgie Fame's long career reaches back to the pre-Beatles “swinging London" of the early '60s. After decades with small groups and big bands as well as steady sideman work, this book presents his story as told to senior jazz historian and longtime colleague Ben Sidran. Born Clive Powell ...
Continue ReadingTony Williams Lifetime: Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! Reference: With John McLaughlin & Larry Young
by Glenn Astarita
Tony Williams was barely twenty-three when he put the Lifetime trio together in 1969, only five years past his stint as the engine of the Miles Davis Quintet. Emergency!, the group's sprawling doublealbum debut, paired Williams with organist Larry Young and a littleknown British guitarist named John McLaughlin, and the record still stands as one of the founding documents of jazzrock fusion--loud, unruly, ahead of where the rest of the music was standing. The original Polydor LP, mixed by Gene ...
Continue Reading"My Feelings Are Wings / That Can Never Be Clipped"—The Jazz Poetry Of Adele Sebastian
by Gabriel Polley
In a kinder world, August 2026 would be a month of birthday tributes for a doyenne of the Los Angeles jazz scene. Born on August 14, 1956, flautist and singer Adele Sebastian would be celebrating her seventieth birthday surrounded by generations of younger musicians she had inspired. Perhaps they could look back on a sizeable repertoire of solo and ensemble albums, recorded from the late 1970s to the present, featuring Adele's soulful vocals and sparkling flute improvisation. In a kinder ...
Continue ReadingStephen Arnold & Sea Change: The Hitting Wall
by Jack Bowers
Although is difficult to pinpoint the precise thread that ties them together, bassist and composer Stephen Arnold envisions the 14 songs of The Hitting Wall as a suite, albeit one whose parts are at times more divergent than complementary, compositionally and in terms of groove. Arnold leads an able sextet whose horn section is comprised of trumpeter Brandon Woody and tenor saxophonist Brian Settles, with guitarist Nelson Dougherty, pianist Federico Pena and drummer Keith Butler Jr. in the ...
Continue ReadingMichel Petrucciani / Dave Holland / Eliot Zigmund: Kuumbwa
by Jack Bowers
Michel Petrucciani was not blessed with a long life. What the French-born jazz pianist was blessed with was an enormous talent, one most people could not amass in several lifetimes. Petrucciani was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that led to brittle bones, stunted his growth and left him in almost constant pain--the sort of ailment that would cause many lesser men to simply throw in the towel and retreat. Petrucianni never even gave that a passing ...
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday Marcus Roberts! Also Tony Bennett, Allan Holdsworth, and more
by David W. Daniels
In addition to the artists named in the title, this edition of Exploration recognizes the classic genius of The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, and Max Roach), Horace Silver, and others. More new music from Joe Alterman, Doug Webb, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Birthdays recognized include Eddie Jefferson, Ravi Coltrane, and “Pops" (Louis Armstrong). Playlist Marcus Roberts “Exploration" from Time And Circumstance (Columbia) 00:00 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell and Charles ...
Continue ReadingA Celebration of Clean Feed Records
by Maurice Hogue
The constant pleasure of being able to play Clean Feed Records on One Man's Jazz over the years outweighed the disappointment when the Lisbon-based, Portuguese label announced recently that it was ceasing releasing new recordings. They had a great run of over 25 years, releasing free and avant jazz, presenting creative musicians from around the world, and showing the talent that exists in Portugal alone. Perhaps most impressively, they never sold out genre-wise: they remained true to their mission from ...
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