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Art Edmaiston / Chad Fowler: Memphis Mandala

Read "Memphis Mandala" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 18, 2026

We often approach recordings as if they were live performances: fully present in the moment, deeply engaged, and then rarely revisited. Like a concert, the sounds drift into the ether, lingering in memory and, perhaps, subtly reshaping the listener's internal landscape. Yet Memphis Mandala, the 2024 live collaboration between saxophonists Art Edmaiston and Chad ...

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Things of This Nature

By Caylie Davis

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shortstop Right Wing Chicken Parm; Nettles; Gutted Pills; How Does It Sound Now; E-MOC; Waxy Yellow Buildup; How It Is; Long Dream; A Tough Situation; Tony in the Chat Room; Bass Solo; Composition 4.

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Walkabout

By Rob Brown

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Microcosm; Zephyr; Neural Pathways; Tousled And Jostled.

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Root Causes

By Steve Hirsh

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: We Went Finding; Riptide; Gamuts; Root Causes.

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NuMBq

By Michael Bisio

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Elegy For MG; Broken Waltz; Going Home/Amazing Grace; AC 2.0NU; Vib Gyor; Medicaid Melancholy; Densities Roy G Biv; Improv #1091.

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Murmuration

By Murmuration

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Thieving Magpies; Blackout; Mississippi Flyway; Out Of Here; Oceanic Blues; Dream State; Murmuration; Warbling Universes; Peripheral Wonder.

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Steve Hirsh: Root Causes

Read "Root Causes" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 28, 2025

Although Steve Hirsh's name appears on the masthead of Root Causes, you might not immediately recognize it as a drummer-led recording. Unlike the unmistakable leadership of Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams, Hirsh leads with subtlety, functioning more as a selfless, responsive collaborator than a dominant force. The album features a classic piano ...

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Rob Brown: Walkabout

Read "Walkabout" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn
April 4, 2025

Despite spending the majority of his career as a side man for William Parker and Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown is perhaps the most recognizable alto saxophonist on the East Coast. Recognizable not because he is famous (far from it), but simply because he is rather difficult to mistake. His sound is abrasive, bellowing and free, oozing ...

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Mahakala Music: Murmuration

Read "Murmuration" reviewed by Fran Kursztejn

by Fran Kursztejn
March 28, 2025

"Birds from the east coast meet birds from the midwest," reads Mahakala Music's description for saxophonist Dave Sewelson's newest release. Sewelson himself is a bicoastal phenomenon: born in Oakland, then traipsing into the New York scene circa 1977. Like his frequent bandleader collaborator William Parker, he acts as a magnetic center to attract a variety of ...

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Michael Bisio: NuMBq

by Mark Corroto
March 26, 2025

Michael Bisio borrows the phrase “and now for something completely different" from Monty Python's Flying Circus to describe his new quartet, NuMBq. Joining the bassist is longtime collaborator Jay Rosen on drums, along with two musicians traditionally rooted in classical music: violist Melanie Dyer and English horn player Marianne Osiel. With NuMBq, Bisio blurs the line ...