And now, an important message from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline …
Cline talks up Scott Amendola’s orchestral ‘Fade To Orange’ crowdfunding project.

Cline talks up Scott Amendola’s orchestral ‘Fade To Orange’ crowdfunding project.

This nifty little sax/guitar/drums combo applies a rock poise and an electrified sonic din to avant-jazz structures.
Everything from ambient post-rock to improvisational, to scattered rock-jazz.
The appeal of this music is its unbiased diversity and lack of set rules.

Amendola is an affable, do-it-all drummer with a wicked backbeat.
The future of jazz looks blindingly bright.

Summer time is here and we could go for a sunny groove, right? Cue up the sounds of beach-lovin’, LA-based Norwegian saxophonist Terje Lie.

Ready or not, here comes 2013’s Monk International Competition saxophone winner Melissa Aldana. ‘Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio’ marks a solid first step in the post-Big Win phase of her young career.

It was a long stretch between Gene Segal’s first and second albums but ‘Mental Images’ assures that the intervening time was time was spent.

Michael Dease’s big band take on “Roppongi” breathes new life into this little-noticed Randy Brecker gem.