Adam O’Farrill – ‘ELEPHANT’ (2026)
‘ELEPHANT’ shows Adam O’Farrill’s daring to innovate new jazz with disparate non-jazz components comes from the acumen to conceive it and execute it with confidence.
‘ELEPHANT’ shows Adam O’Farrill’s daring to innovate new jazz with disparate non-jazz components comes from the acumen to conceive it and execute it with confidence.
Trumpeter/composer Adam O’Farrill looked to the art visionaries of some ninety years ago in making a set of songs that’s visionary for today.
With ‘Breaking Stretch,’ Patricia Brennan continues to build upon her uniquely inventive style of jazz simply by building up her ensemble.
‘Cloudward’ offers a rare chance to see how Mary Halvorson’s music evolves when everything else is kept the same.
A new horn section, deeper experimentation and the presence of Robert Wyatt make this a significant progression from Mary Halvorson’s poetry debut.

Here is a review of ‘Bird Calls,’ a creative tribute by alto sax great Rudresh Mahanthappa to his primary inspiration Charlie Parker.

Here is a sneak peek of Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Chillin’,” from his upcoming February 2015 release ‘Bird Calls.’