Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman was always around, but in the late ’80s and early ’90s, his appearances became less frequent, and thus carried an element of surprise. Virgin Beauty, his 1988 album with Prime Time, got...
View ArticleJayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez was born on a US military base in 1934. That wasn’t her name then, but what matters is who we are when we’re making art, so Jayne Cortez she is. She grew up in Los Angeles, steeped in...
View ArticleBreathe @ 20
More than 20 years ago (fuck, I’m old), I discovered the Japanese singer UA (full name: Kaori Hasegawa) via fluxblog. The site’s proprietor, Matthew Perpetua, posted a track from her then-new album...
View ArticleOld & New Dreams
The other day, I was listening to Ornette Coleman’s first two albums, Something Else!!!! and Tomorrow is the Question!, and was struck for about the thousandth time since I first heard his music in...
View ArticleSpy Vs. Spy @ 35
John Zorn has been operating with total independence for over 30 years. In 1992, he started Avant Records, with distribution via the Japanese label DIW. Three years later, he launched Tzadik, which...
View ArticleWillie Jones III
In the introduction to his 1985 book Rhythm-a-Ning, Gary Giddins writes, “When we talk about a renaissance in jazz, we are talking about a wealth of interesting music, not a broad-scaled awakening of...
View ArticleSoul Of Things @ 20
Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, who died in 2018 at 76, had an astonishing career. At 20, he formed the Jazz Darings, who adapted the innovations of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, in the process...
View ArticleOGJB Quartet
The OGJB Quartet is an ensemble formed by alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, cornet player Graham Haynes, bassist Joe Fonda, and drummer Barry Altschul. (Disclosure: Graham Haynes has an album,...
View ArticleWinter & Spring
Discussed in this essay: William Parker Trio, Painter’s Spring (Thirsty Ear, 2000); William Parker Trio, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity, 2021); Other Dimensions in Music, Live at the Sunset (Marge,...
View ArticleJayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez was born on a US military base in 1934. That wasn’t her name then, but what matters is who we are when we’re making art, so Jayne Cortez she is. She grew up in Los Angeles, steeped in...
View ArticleBreathe @ 20
More than 20 years ago (fuck, I’m old), I discovered the Japanese singer UA (full name: Kaori Hasegawa) via fluxblog. The site’s proprietor, Matthew Perpetua, posted a track from her then-new album...
View ArticleOld & New Dreams
The other day, I was listening to Ornette Coleman’s first two albums, Something Else!!!! and Tomorrow is the Question!, and was struck for about the thousandth time since I first heard his music in...
View ArticleSpy Vs. Spy @ 35
John Zorn has been operating with total independence for over 30 years. In 1992, he started Avant Records, with distribution via the Japanese label DIW. Three years later, he launched Tzadik, which...
View ArticleWillie Jones III
In the introduction to his 1985 book Rhythm-a-Ning, Gary Giddins writes, “When we talk about a renaissance in jazz, we are talking about a wealth of interesting music, not a broad-scaled awakening of...
View ArticleSoul Of Things @ 20
Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, who died in 2018 at 76, had an astonishing career. At 20, he formed the Jazz Darings, who adapted the innovations of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, in the process...
View ArticleOGJB Quartet
The OGJB Quartet is an ensemble formed by alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, cornet player Graham Haynes, bassist Joe Fonda, and drummer Barry Altschul. (Disclosure: Graham Haynes has an album,...
View ArticleWinter & Spring
Discussed in this essay: William Parker Trio, Painter’s Spring (Thirsty Ear, 2000); William Parker Trio, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity, 2021); Other Dimensions in Music, Live at the Sunset (Marge,...
View ArticleThumbscrew
Thumbscrew is the collaborative trio of guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. They have been working together as a unit since roughly 2011, releasing their...
View ArticleThe Tone World: Part 1
Bassist William Parker has a fairly epic box out this week. Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World is a 10CD set, with each disc featuring a different ensemble, many of which do not...
View ArticleO’Neal’s Porch @ 20
Bassist William Parker had already been a key figure on the New York jazz scene for close to 30 years in 2001. His first record date was in March 1973, on saxophonist Frank Lowe‘s Black Beings. (An...
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