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Mike McGinnis

Clarinetist/Saxophonist/Composer Mike McGinnis has worked with some of today’s most innovative and influential artists including Anthony Braxton’s Trillium E Orchestra, Steve Coleman's Aquarius Ingress (Ravi Coltrane, Tony Malaby, Miguel Zenon and Chris Speed), the Lonnie Plaxico Group, Stew & Heidi (of Passing Strange/the Negro Problem), Fela! On Broadway (saxophone soloist), Art Lande, Yo La Tengo, the Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow Sextet, Alice Coltrane, sculptor Martin Kersels (Whitney Biennial 2009) and the Losers Lounge among others. He has released several recordings as a leader and/or co-leader with the four bags, OK|OK, DDYGG and Between Green.

There's a Yearnin'

By Jeff Lederer

Label: Little (i) Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Forms and Sounds mvt 1; Images; Nocturne; Forms and Sounds mvt 2; Woodwind Sextet, mvt 2; There's a Yearnin'; Three Seconds; Cruxifiction (not a word); Forms and Sounds mvmt 3; Lem and Aide.

ContraPunctus

By ContraPunctus

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: There Again, Here Again; This one is for B G; Caravan; Unfolding; Boiling Point; April Fools; Jesús-Maria; Cheeky.

ContraPunctus: ContraPunctus

by Bret McCabe
July 9, 2026

The New York quartet ContraPunctus eases into the third track on its 2026 self-titled debut with about 15 seconds of musical suggestion. Bassist Gui Duvignau and drummer Hamir Atwal respond to pianist Carmen Staaf's gentle Fender Rhodes melody with a tempo that starts at a comfortable clip. Staaf eloquently establishes the melody in the next few seconds--Juan Tizol and ...

Catherine Russell, Nat Reeves, Bobby Broom & John Beasley

by Joe Dimino
May 10, 2026

We kick off Episode 957 of Neon Jazz with a true living legend--John Beasley--a masterful bridge between jazz's rich past and its ever-evolving present. Teaming up with the powerhouse SWR Big Band, he sets the tone with his stunning 2026 release Invisible Piano. From there, the journey rolls through a lineup of modern greats and enduring ...

Outing

By Mike McGinnis

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rollover; Incantation; Transformations; A Nice Boy/Discover Laughing; Stand in the River; Roundtable; The Gospel of Bone Drye; Shiny Stockings.

Mike McGinnis + 9: Outing

by Angelo Leonardi
April 29, 2024

Il nuovo album di Mike McGinnis si riallaccia a un'incisione del 2013 (Roadtrip, RKM) realizzata con un tentet d'identica strumentazione e un solo mutamento d'organico: Caroline Davis al sax contralto prende il posto di Matt Blostein. Dopo il successo del suo trio del 2017/18 con Steve Swallow e Paul Bley (ricordiamo i due ...

Mike McGinnis - Elias Bailey - Vinnie Sperazza: Time Is Thicker

by Angelo Leonardi
September 29, 2021

Conclusa la notevole parentesi con Art Lande e Steve Swallow per l'etichetta Sunnyside (Recurring Dream del 2017 e Singular Awakening del 2018), Mike McGinnis conferma la formula del trio con due nuovi partner, privilegiando il clarinetto rispetto al sax soprano. Dopo ricercati lavori con medie formazioni dove ha espresso originalità come compositore e arrangiatore, McGinnis evidenzia ...

Time Is Thicker

By Mike McGinnis

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Get In The Car; Welcome Home; Tin Tin Deo; Low Bow Prelude; The Great Expanse; Abnegation; Bow Leggend Releve; On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; Just One of Those Things.

Chad Taylor, Nduduzo Makhathini, Aka Moon, Matt Wilson and Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 19, 2020

Second part of this week's exploration of new and upcoming releases [for the first part ]. Here we focus on the new works of drummers Chad Taylor, with his trio and in the duo with James Brandon Lewis and Matt Wilson, the global jazz of the cult band Aka Moon and South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini... ...