Making an all-instrumental ostensibly jazz record like ‘Hurry Red Telephone’ has only served the underscore the easily identifiable but stubbornly unclassifiable sound of Marc Ribot.

Here is Part Two of our two-part interview with composer/painist/bandleader Satoko Fujii, as we talk about her recent batch of big band releases.

Here is Part One of our two-part interview with composer/painist/bandleader Satoko Fujii, as we talk about her recent batch of big band releases.

When Ivo Perelman gets with Matthew Shipp to create instantaneous music, it’s sorcery borne out of years of getting deep inside each other’s heads.

Henry Threadgill goes back to his typical routine of producing a new Zooid album ‘Cut You Where You Was’ and showing Zooid hasn’t come close to running its course.

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe’s ‘After The Storm’ is a testament to all musicians involved who constantly took chances & never faltered to make something truly memorable

Having established himself as a top-flight sessionist, bandleader and composer, Billy Mohler reveals that all of those talents translates well onto the road with ‘Live In Europe.’

The Satoko Fujii Quartet’s ‘Burning Wick’ brings the hard punch of a rock-minded rhythm section to vanguard jazz.

In imposing his large ambitions on the smaller scale of a quartet, Ches Smith made music that’s still grand in scope with ‘Clone Row.’ All it took were the right partners and some
resourcefulness to pull off that magic act.

Jeff Arnal and Dietrich Eichmann were on their game for ‘Tides of Unrest / Berlin 2023’ as there is synergism galore, and it never wavers no matter how many chances each take.