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Article: Album Review

Charles Ives: Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives

Read "Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
April 15, 2026

As the archiving team at the Owsley Stanley Foundation (including the namesake's offspring) has overseen its wealth of 1500-some recordings, they have done yeoman's work to insure that the reputation of the man nicknamed 'Bear' is inextricably linked to his passion for the best possible sound he could facilitate. In that regard, the range of ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Singer, Guitarist and Pianist Martina Fiserova

by AAJ Staff
April 15, 2025

Meet Martina Fiserova Martina Fišerová is a New York-based singer, guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. Born and raised in Bohemia, Czech Republic, she graduated as a vocalist from the jazz-focused Jaroslav Ježek College, in addition to studying anthroposophical music therapy. She has performed alongside a number of prominent artists at music festivals and venues throughout Europe, as ...

Article: Interview

Souvik Dutta: 20 Years of Abstract Logix

by Mike Jacobs
September 27, 2024

If you are a music lover, you may already know the name Souvik (pronounced show-vik) Dutta. Over the last 20 years, he has taken his Abstract Logix enterprise from a pre-YouTube streaming platform to a music retail website to a niche imprint to a respected independent label boasting a top-tier roster that includes the likes of ...

Article: Drum Addiction

Mere Noisemakers

by Troy Hoffman
July 13, 2024

Drummers used to be predominantly known as mere noisemakers (not musicians) coming out of the Vaudeville-era, where percussionists were seen as background tools. They often carried out sound effect cues, sent from studios to theaters, for silent films. This left drummers with the responsible task of mimicking the sounds of hurricanes, car crashes and thunderstorms from ...

Article: Under the Radar

Charu Suri: The Jazz Raga

by Karl Ackermann
March 28, 2022

The Roots of Indo-JazzJazz and Indian ragas share common ground in their traditional use of improvisation. They are often talked about in compatible terms, but Ravi Shankar, for one, did not believe that ragas could be compared to jazz improvisation. Spontaneous creation in jazz differs from the complex rhythmic structural patterns of Indian improvisation. Shankar became ...