With or without the fourth player, the Core Trio exemplify what free jazz sounds like when the minds behind it are set free.

Embracing technology in the making of music doesn’t guarantee good results, of course, but it always helps when time-honored principles and philosophies are also applied. And, of course, an open, creative mind. Johnny DeBlase held true to all of these things when crafting the darkly ambient ‘Guided Motion.’

It’s clear from “Night In Tunisia” that Michael Carvin is the Bill Parcells of drums.

Uncommonly fresh and quietly inventive, Inward Looking Outward breathes new life into the venerable ol’ piano trio without having to step outside to achieve that. A rare achievement, to be sure.

Played with grace, fire and the knowledge of how much of both to deliver.

Every song finds a different way to soothe, groove and satisfy the soul. Blades and his badassed organ trio never seem to run out of ideas.

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The late Muddy Waters is in the blood, soul and heart of Mud Morganfield.

This improvised music supergroup is truly a democratic musical commune.

Does a song have to be repetitive and elementary to work? MoeTar says: No.