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Abdul Wadud

Born: April 30, 1947

Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary

by Dave Kaufman
September 20, 2026

Julius Hemphill, a brilliant alto saxophonist and extraordinary composer, was a towering figure in avant-garde jazz and creative music. Yet his body of work remains surprisingly little known, even among aficionados of this sort of adventurous music. Hemphill's music demonstrated a deep feeling for the blues and other African American traditions. His creative vision extended well ...

Otherlands Trio at BOP STOP

by John Chacona
July 4, 2026

Otherlands Trio BOP STOP at the Music SettlementCleveland, OHJune 18, 2026 Cleveland's New Ghosts presenting organization was named in honor of Albert Ayler, perhaps the city's most notable jazz player. That said, any notion that the astonishing, two-hour concert by Otherlands Trio--bassist Stephan Crump, Darius Jones on alto saxophone, and drummer ...

Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore

by Gaetano Fiore
April 28, 2026

“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...

FREQUENCY EQUILIBRIUM KOAN EXPANDED

By Michael Gregory Jackson

Label: Moved By Sound
Released: 2025

The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

by Troy Dostert
May 13, 2025

One of the most multifaceted saxophonists to come out of the 1970s-80s jazz avant-garde, Julius Hemphill exuded both fervid power and delicate sensitivity, always with an underpinning of swing to help anchor him within the jazz tradition. While his iconic releases like Dogon A.D. (Mbari, 1972) and Flat-Out Jump Suite (Black Saint, 1980) are rightly considered ...

The Hemphill String Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill

by Glenn Astarita
April 27, 2025

The Hemphill Stringtet's debut album, Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill is a vibrant tribute to the late jazz composer and saxophonist Julius Hemphill (1938--1995). This string quartet, featuring violinists Curtis Stewart and Sam Bardfeld, violist Stephanie Griffin and cellist Tomeka Reid, reimagines Hemphill's compositions with a fresh chamber music perspective. Formed in 2022, the ensemble ...

The Continuing Adventures of Janel & Anthony

by Jerome Wilson
July 29, 2024

Cellist Janel Leppin and guitarist Anthony Pirog are both sturdy pillars of Washington, DC's creative music scene. Musical and life partners for over twenty years, the couple have spent a long time working together as a duo as well as pursuing individual projects. The universe of their combined work encompasses spiritual jazz, folk song, surf rock, ...

Joy Guidry, Álvaro Torres, Tom Skinner, The Early Planets & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 9, 2024

Guitar/bass/drum trios for the win, the endless relevance of Max Roach, Abdul Wadud and Morphine, and more, through six remarkable albums! Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis “The Time Is the Place" The Messthetics and James Brandon ...

Tom Skinner: Voices Of Bishara Live

by Chris May
May 16, 2024

Best known in the U.S.A. as a member of the late Sons Of Kemet and now The Smile with Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner has been a vital presence on London's underground jazz scene for twenty years. Yet remarkably, only in 2022 did the drummer and composer release his first album under his ...