Even now, no one else in jazz compares to Moppa Elliot’s returning Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Audacity with the chops to make it work remains the basic recipe.

Desertion Trio’s fun and unpredictable all-covers ‘Twilight Time’ is a vehicle for mining a wide range of non-jazz influences for Nick Millevoi.

None of the great talent assembled here gets stretched near their limits for this Desertion Trio excursion, but this diversion is for an altogether different mood.

After the septet outing ‘Loafer’s Hollow’, Moppa Elliot makes “less is more” the mantra for the trio feature ‘Paint’. Which only goes to show that size really doesn’t matter with Mostly Other People Do The Killing; only gumption does.

Blurring the lines between art and wit for fourteen years running, Mostly Other People Do The Killing are still making absurdity in jazz fun.

Form And Mess thrives on the extreme limits of rock and jazz.

‘Solarists’ immediately establishes Haitian Rail as a fearsome battery of inscrutable, noise with terrific give-and-take. And trombonist Dan Blacksberg’s presence assures that they hold up the jazz part of the experimental metal-jazz equation, losing none of their ferocity along the way.

There wasn’t a moment’s hesitation after reading the name “Halvorson” in the promo email. Mary Halvorson is one of the jazz world’s most consistently interesting guitar players. So what’s this trio record all about? You May Also Like: Mary Halvorson Octet – Away With You (2016) Mary Halvorson – CodeRead More

Mary Halvorson the garage band indie rocker? Sure, why the hell not? You May Also Like: Mary Halvorson – Code Girl (2018) Tomas Fujiwara, Ben Goldberg + Mary Halvorson – The Out Louds (2016) Mary Halvorson – ‘Cloudward’ (2024)

There are probably scores of thrash jazz combos out there and when I’m of the right mind and the wife is not around, I can enjoy listening to every single one of them. Sweet Banditry is one of the latest such units to come around You May Also Like: BrandonRead More