S. Victor Aaron picks the best of 2015’s avant-garde and experimental music, including Sonny Sharrock, Thurston Moore, Scott Amendola and others.

Scott Amendola was right, his opus orchestra piece just couldn’t be a special, one-night-only performance. Fortunately, it won’t be now.

S. Victor Aaron picks the best of 2014’s fusion jazz, including Nels Cline Singers, Jaco Pastorius, Elizabeth Shepherd and others.

They find plenty of common ground in this improvisational, experimental space.

With only a few hours left, Amendola needs just a few more pledges.

Two Bay Area pacesetters of improvised and avant-garde music will soon join forces.

Scott Amendola’s leadership and Nels Cline’s presence should make ‘Fade To Orange’ a special recording, but don’t sleep on Trevor Dunn. Every time I’ve come across a record on which he’s appeared, it’s been a rather good record. That bodes well for this one.

Cline recently took a break from his North American tour with Julian Lage to chat.

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

Amendola is an affable, do-it-all drummer with a wicked backbeat.