The first-call acoustic bass player best known in five words or less as “Branford Marsalis’ bassist since forever” is preparing to release his own led-date In Memory of Things Yet Seen (March 25, 2014, Clean Feed Records). You May Also Like: Eric Revis – Sing Me Some Cry (2017)
It’s easy to think of a “groove” as having certain kind of chord changes, played by certain kind of instruments and even having certain kind of beats. You May Also Like: Brandon Seabrook, Cooper-Moore + Gerald Cleaver – ‘In the Swarm’ (2022) Brandon Seabrook, with Cooper-Moore + Gerald Cleaver –Read More
The irrepressible vibraphone-playing jazz guerrilla Mike Dillon is prepping his latest album Band of Outsiders for an April 1, 2014 release (Royal Potato Family Records), You May Also Like: Mike Dillon – ‘1918’ (2021) Mike Dillon & Punkadelick – ‘Inflorescence’ (2023)
When people hear that a horn player employs “extended techniques” on their instrument, what often comes to mind are things like valve clatter, ostinato, vocalizations, and circular breathing. With Colin Stetson, we get all of that, very often at the same time. You May Also Like: Colin Stetson – AllRead More
Wilco lead axe man and everyone’s favorite experimental rock-jazz guitarist Nels Cline is poised to unleash his fifth album leading his Nels Cline Singers on April 29. You May Also Like: The Nels Cline Singers – ‘Share the Wealth’ (2020)
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
Aram Bajakian had spent the last couple of years touring with the late, great Lou Reed, but this guitarist’s own music had been taking a walk on the wild side well before that. You May Also Like: Aram Bajakian – Dolphy Formations (2016)
Jon Lundbom’s Big Five Chord shares a lot of members with Bryan & the Haggards and Mostly Other People Do the Killing, and thus, that wild and wooly DNA is built into the band. You May Also Like: Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord – ‘Harder On the Outside’ (2019)
Made up of three highly distinctive voices in the world of jazz and avant-garde music, Thumbscrew should probably collapse under the weight of its star power You May Also Like: Thumbscrew [Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek + Tomas Fujiwara] – ‘The Anthony Braxton Project’ (2020) Thumbscrew – ‘Multicolored Midnight’ (2022) IllegalRead More
My first encounter with the dazzling whack jazz guitar wizardry of Raoul Björkenheim came via one of his many projects, the Norwegian-Finnish alliance power combo Scorch Trio (Luggumt, 2004). You May Also Like: Raoul Björkenheim / eCsTaSy – Doors Of Perception (2017) Björkenheim, Sopko, James, Laswell, Yamaki (Inaugural Sound ClashRead More
