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Album Review

AS IS, featuring Al & Stacey Schulman: Crazy World

Read "Crazy World" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
May 1, 2026

What does it take to turn a romantic Cole Porter song into a powerful nine-minute protest piece? The band AS IS teases it out with a bit of a false trail to begin with: a tasty little scat intro, nicely-arranged. You might not suspect. Stacey Schulman brings the head in with a slight tweak to the lyric ("From this moment on, we can see clear: only truth can fight fear..."). Jeff Tain Watts launches what becomes a shipload of hydrodynamic ...

Radio & Podcasts

From This Very Moment On with Alan Schulman and Stacey Schulman

by Katchie Cartwright
April 20, 2026

The program begins with an alchemic single from Crazy World, the 2026 album by Philadelphia-based guitar-voice duo Alan Schulman and Stacey Schulman. With the help of the brilliant rapper Kokayi, they have managed to turn a romantic Cole Porter song into a contemporary something-else-entirely (All About Jazz's review is here). Our theme is topical, and the releases range from new-to-the-moment offerings to outstanding cuts from the '60s, '70s, '80s and aughts: names like Nascimento, Mingus, Marsalis, Toussaint, Staples, and Nyro, ...