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Sun Ra: Heimstad--Sun Ra Meets Pierre Boulez

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by Daniel Mège
April 1, 2026

Most will remember John Cage Meets Sun Ra (Meltdown Records, 1987), drawn from a June 8, 1986 concert at Coney Island, at the initiative of producer Rick Russo to promote his new label. Cage did not know Ra, Ra barely knew Cage, and by most accounts the encounter was a non-encounter. A similar experience brought Ra and Pierre ...

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...and in three months' time, Cecil Taylor freed jazz

by Daniel Mège
February 14, 2026

In the 1950s, while jazz explored its coolness far out west, Cecil Taylor, freshly back from Boston, took up the Thelonious Monkian revolution in New York City. Three years younger (1929) than John Coltrane and Miles Davis, he launched two kids, Archie Vernon Shepp (1936) and Steven Norman Lackritz (1934)--better known as Steve Lacy--whom he drew from dixieland. ...

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Vincent Peirani: Magnetic Dancing on the Cliff

by Daniel Mège
February 8, 2026

There exists a mystery to melody. For example, “Left Alone," composed on a cross-country flight by Mal Waldron and Billie Holiday. In a few hours, the melody and the chords were established, an absolute compositional masterpiece, full stop. So much beauty served by implacable writing rigor: giants achieve it. Vincent Peirani achieves it. “Physical Attraction," released on ...

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Patrick Watson: Peter, The Wolf, And The New Orleans Bayou Ghosts

by Daniel Mège
February 7, 2026

Is Patrick Watson a jazz musician? Lennie Tristano said that jazz is defined by feeling. Having seen Patrick Watson on stage in 2025 in Lausanne and 2026 in Winterthur, Switzerland, he definitely has it, plus very cool vibes. He deserves the title. Since its release, “Peter and the Wolf" from Uh Oh (Secret City ...

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Tuva Halse: Reconnection

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by Daniel Mège
January 31, 2026

Reconnection is one of the projects (and second quintet album) of violinist and composer Tuva Halse. Tuva who? OK, you are not in Norway (that is your right). The entire Norwegian music scene, from jazz to folk, rap and contemporary music, even Eurovision, knows Tuva Halse. She stopped critics in their tracks in a ...