Something Else! sneak peek: Karmakanic – In a Perfect World (2011)
by Fred Phillips Karmakanic had me from the name of the band. You May Also Like: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, “Fire” (1968): One Track Mind

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John Wetton, in great voice, embraces a deeply hopeful twist on the old carpe diem on “The Last Night of My Life.”

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German pianist Julia Hülsmann has made her mark with trio jazz fronted with a vocalist, either male or female, but had returned to the instrumental three when she signed up with ECM and recorded her first album with them, The End Of A Summer (2008). Now comes the follow-up threeRead More

by Tom Johnson Do we need another Radiohead cover? Hasn’t everything been said about Radiohead by artists from every corner of the music world? You May Also Like: Richard Turgeon, “Better With You” (2022): One Track Mind Richard Turgeon, “Learning to Fly” (2020): One Track Mind

More on our series on “weird-assed trios”… Tenor saxophonist Jonathan Lindhorst and guitarist Ryan Butler went down to the Village Vanguard in New York five years ago to catch a Paul Motian Trio show, and got to meet with Motian Trio members Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano afterwards. The wholeRead More

Being from the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Falkner Evans might be a jazz pianist, but he’s travelled through other styles of music before settling there permanently, even served as a member of country swing band Asleep At The Wheel in the early 80’s. Since around the turn of the millennium,Read More

Delfeayo Marsalis talks about working with his brothers, even while he established his own musical philosophy away from them.

Hungarian-born pianist Laszlo Gardony is an accomplished musician and composer, having graduated from Berklee and serving as a professor there for a number of years. He’s mingled with many of the best jazz has to offer: Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, David “Fathead” Newman, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman and John BlakeRead More

Yes’ 2011 comeback album ‘Fly From Here’ is, in many ways, better than it has any right to be.