Matthew Shipp + Nate Wooley – ‘What If?’ (2019)
Two original voices on piano and trumpet combine for a third, unified original voice, as Matthew Shipp and Nate Wooley find a telepathic communion.
Articles by: S. Victor Aaron
Giorgi Mikadze – ‘Georgian Microjamz’ (2020)
Giorgi Mikadze tells a lot about himself on his first record as a leader. He is telling us he’s proud of where he’s from and quite honestly, he’s got plenty to be proud of.
Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft + Nels Cline – ‘Music From the Early 21st Century’ (2020)
Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft and Nels Cline’s ‘Music From the Early 21st Century’ is, thankfully, not typical of music from the era in which we are living in.
Matt Mayhall – ‘Fanatics’ (2020)
Matt Mayhall went for an instinctual approach on ‘Fanatics,’ took a few chances and with the right guys to assist him, emerges triumphal.
Robert Cray – ‘That’s What I Heard’ (2020)
After nearly 40 years, Robert Cray remains as viable as ever. In a world turned upside down, his music continues to serve as comfort food for the soul.
Alabaster DePlume – ‘To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1’ (2020)
Whatever obscure music forms Alabaster DePlume encounters, he is able to take something old and make it sound fresh on ‘To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1.’
Lyle Mays (1953-2020): An Appreciation
Jazz piano great Lyle May passed away on February 10, 2020. Few have been able to project subtle emotions so powerfully.
Kuzu – ‘Purple Dark Opal’ (2020)
Dave Rempis, Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon continue to draw heavily from their experimental/improvised music backgrounds, letting everything else in Kuzu rest on instinct.
Ross Hammond, with Oliver Lake and Mike Pride – ‘Our Place On the Wheel’ (2020)
‘Our Place On the Wheel’ is Ross Hammond still in full-on rural mode, only this time with some really good help.
Chicago Underground Quartet, “Batida” from ‘Good Days’ (2020): Something Else! streaming premiere
Here is the streaming premiere of “Batida” by the re-formed Chicago Underground Quartet.
