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Chris Jonas is a Berlin (Germany) and Santa Fe (US) based multi-arts composer, saxophone player, conductor, filmmaker and producer who works worldwide on collaborative projects in musical ensembles, documentary and experimental films, stage performances and in a wide variety of other media. Over the years, his works have included multi-arts collaborations and commissions with Crossing Choir, Del Sol String Quartet, TILT Brass, and for the past 30 years, with composer Anthony Braxton, performing in festivals and major arts venues worldwide.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joshua Smith Quartet, Set 1

by Daniel Peck
September 29, 2026

Over the past 20 years, Keigo Hirakawa has transformed himself from a student of the jazz masters to an artist with vision and unique sense of expressions. His jazz piano trio is well-known throughout the Midwest for their willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, exploring original compositions and redefining jazz standards to make it their ...

Album

backwardsupwardsky

By Chris Jonas

Label: Edgetone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Josh Tune; Granite; Queen Canyon; Melodica 6; KOFA; Nature Trail; Melodica 1; Teabag; Rump Most; Ocotillo & Sunbeam; Melodica 4; Duff; Green; Windy Josh.

Article: Album Review

Chris Jonas: backwardsupwardsky

Read "backwardsupwardsky" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 19, 2025

Few artists can translate geography into sound with the spatial clarity that Chris Jonas achieves on backwardsupwardsky. A saxophonist, composer and multimedia artist whose résumé includes collaborations with Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor and William Parker, Jonas has always favored creative risk. This two-LP set on Edgetone Records transforms desert solitude--specifically his winters camping on Arizona's Barry ...

Article: Live Review

Fonterossa Days #9

by Neri Pollastri
June 2, 2025

Teatro Sant'Andrea Fonterossa Days #9 Pisa 26--27 aprile 2025 Nona edizione del minifestival Fonterossa, creatura di Silvia Bolognesi al pari dell'omonima etichetta discografica, che dallo scorso anno s'è allargato a due giorni. Così, anche stavolta il sabato ha visto i primi due concerti, non più all'Ex-Wide ma nella tradizionale sede ...

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Inner Drive

By James Emery

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Light of Day; Ribbons of Euphoria; Trio Miniature 1; Inner Drive; Black Diamonds; Trio Miniature 2; Miles to Go; Dopamine Hit; Trio Minature 3; Lotus on the Pond; Offspring; Trio Minature 4; Sound Montage.

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Sax QT Lorraine 2022

By Anthony Braxton

Label: I Dischi Di Angelica
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD 1:
Composition No. 436 I/V--Vilnius.
CD 2:
Composition No. 437 I/IV--Bologna.
CD 3:
Composition No. 438 I/IV--Antwerp.
CD 4:
Composition No. 439 I/V--Roma.

Article: Album Review

Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet: Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022

Read "Sax QT (Lorraine) 2022" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 17, 2024

Anthony Braxton's music can often be compared to that reoccurring dream many people have where they have an upcoming university exam. Still, they neither attended the classes nor studied for the test. The reason may be that his graphic notations along with his scores can be formidable and downright indecipherable. Listeners recognize the great man is ...

Article: Live Review

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2022

by John Sharpe
June 6, 2022

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival National Drama Theater Lithuania May 27-29, 2022 Introduction It's a little known fact that Lithuania has more jazz festivals per capita than any other country. Prominent among them is the Mama Jazz Festival, held annually amid the baroque beauty of the capital Vilnius. And it says something ...

Article: Live Review

Trevor Anderies Quintet at Fresh Santa Fe

by Dave Wayne
October 31, 2016

Trevor Anderies Quintet Fresh Santa Fe New Music Series Santa Fe, NM September 3, 2016 To be perfectly honest, most of the bands that come to Santa Fe, NM are playing fill-in gigs between dates in Albuquerque (or Phoenix) and Denver. And that's okay because it just makes sense, logistically. ...