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Mark Turner, Perelman/Wooley, O.N.E. & Herb Robertson

by Maurice Hogue
October 21, 2025

Acclaimed saxophonist Mark Turner's new recording, Reflections on: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, will attract attention not only for the brilliant playing, but also for the very forthright topic of a bi-racial man able to “pass" as white. Turner used as his motivation the semi-fictional account written by James Weldon Johnson, a central figure of ...

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Smith / Bro / Gilmore, Henry Threadgill, Brad Henkel & Enrique Haneine

by Maurice Hogue
October 8, 2025

The masters highlight this edition of OMJ: composer Henry Threadgill leading an ensemble of six guitarists and two pianists through his unique intervallic system on the new Listen Ship, and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in elevated company of guitarist Jakob Bro & drummer Marcus Gilmore on Murasaki, a very strong album. Other new recordings debuting this ...