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Mike Pride

Percussionist/composer Mike Pride was born and raised in the Portland, Maine area. He has been playing & composing music since he was a child. While living in Maine, Mike studied with Les Harris, Jr., Bill Street and Matt Wilson, performed with legendary composer & jazz educator David Baker, was involved with experimental, shock-rockers Ned Muffleburger & the DSL's, and co-lead the new music ensemble IMAGINARY QUARTET with guitarist/composer Stik Fortier. Mike moved to New York City in the year 2000 where he studied briefly with drum & bass master, Amir Ziv. Mike then began studying with the legendary percussionist/healer/teacher, Professor, Milford Graves. Since his move to NYC, Mike has performed and recorded throughout the U.S

Two Truths

By Peter Brötzmann

Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. Productive Cough (Peter Brötzmann, Jörg Fischer) 2. Beside (Per‑Åke Holmlander, Tim Daisy) 3. Conversation I (Joëlle Léandre, Lauren Newton) 4. Truth in the Abstract Blues (Joe McPhee, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten) 5. Goldie (Kirk Knuffke, Mike Pride) 6. Skywriting (Rob Brown, Daniel Levin) 7. Penumbra for woodwind(s) & bass(es) 1+1 (Anthony Braxton, Chris Dahlgren) 8. Improvisation No. 4 (Paulina Owczarek, Tomasz Gądecki) 9. Dear Rafał 1 (Agustí Fernández, Rafał Mazur) 10. Landing Takeoff (Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp) 11. In Kraków, In November (Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura) 12. Persistence (Thomas Pernes, Andy Manndorff) 13. Gold (Lucas Niggli, Peter Conradin Zumthor)

A Window, Basically

By Peter Evans

Label: Relative Pitch Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Substance X; Substance T; Substance Z; Substance M; Substance 5; Substance Q; Substance P.

Jon Irabagon: Self-Motivated And Inner-Directed

by Doug Collette
March 13, 2026

Self-motivated and inner-directed as he is, saxophonist/composer Jon Irabagon has navigated his career path with his very own sense of logic. And, peculiar as that may seem to some, his body of work is like a memorable improvisation, resolving itself at various junctures, just when those various vagaries would seem to preclude such action. So it ...

New Music From Hart, Gratkowski, Rahn, Smith And More

by Bob Osborne
January 8, 2026

This playlist delves deep into the vibrant landscape of contemporary independent jazz and improvised music, showcasing an eclectic mix of sounds that defy easy categorization. From the rhythmic sophistication of Latin fusion and the intricate melodies of modern piano trios to boundary-pushing avant-garde improvisations, the selections deliberately cross genre lines. The journey takes listeners through structured ...

Sounds The Color Of Grounds

By Mike Watt

Label: Otherly Love Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Deliverdance; From Couplets To Corpuscles; The Hasta Cloth; What Was Cut From The Negative Space; Occluded Ostracized and Onanistic; The Part You Kept Art; Tchotchkes; The Lonely Sail (featuring Jonathan Moritz); Lickspittle Spatter.

Jure Pukl, Remedy/Aki Takase, Evans/Pride & Charles Lloyd

by Maurice Hogue
December 23, 2025

More often than not, after putting one of these playlists together, I'm left feeling so very lucky and privileged to be able to share these artists and their music. This one in particular is filled with some great stuff. Go have a listen to it. Slovenian saxophonist Jure Pukl & quartet take on AI with their ...

Three-Layer Cake: Sounds The Color Of Grounds

by Mark Corroto
June 29, 2025

The trio of Mike Watt, Brandon Seabrook and Mike Pride began as a pandemic-era experiment, exchanging music files remotely to create Stove Top (RareNoise, 2021). Now, as Three-Layer Cake, they return with Sounds The Color Of Grounds, a record that reveals a fully realized and cohesive jazz-punk--or perhaps punk-jazz--ensemble. Watt, etched into punk rock's ...

Jon Irabagon: Server Farm

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 21, 2025

Quando un agitatore musicale come Jon Irabagon, mente tra le più aperte, corrosive, imprevedibili e significative della scena jazzistica statunitense mette insieme un tentetto da paura per esplorare fatti e misfatti dell'intelligenza artificiale, curiosità e aspettative sono ai massimi livelli. E questo Server Farm le soddisfa pienamente, ennesima prova della grandezza di un musicista onnivoro in ...

Summertime

By Jonathan Moritz

Label: Neither/Nor Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mushrooms; TD-2+; By the Stream (for John McLellan).