Step Tempest

Creative music should challenge us, make us think and move us forward. Music can make one's life better and fuller, one of life's greatest pleasures.

Saturday, July 31, 2021

Meeting Shawn Maxwell

On our recent trip to Chicago, I had the opportunities to interview saxophonists/ composers Sam Pilnick (posted here ) and Shawn Maxwell (p...

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Open Skies & Illuminations

Photo: Sara Pettinella Pianist and composer Art Hirahara is a deft pianist, technically and emotionally strong, an excellent composer, and ...

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Mr. Parker's Trios

Photo: Peter Gannushkin Earlier this year, AUM Fidelity released " Migrations of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World ", a massi...

Monday, July 19, 2021

Historical Recordings That Bring Joy & Generate Excitement

Photo: Mark Sheldon Trumpeter Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) and pianist Mulgrew Miller (1955-2013) are both Southern musicians who died far too y...

Friday, July 16, 2021

Remembering Frank Kimbrough With Song & Much Love

Look at this list: Addison Frei, Alexa Tarantino, Alexis Cuadrado, Allan Chase, Allan Mednard Ben Allison, Ben Monder, Ben Rosenblum, Ben ...

Monday, July 12, 2021

Outer Space & Inner Spaces

While visiting family in Chicago last month (6/21), I took the opportunity to meet (on separate occasions) with musicians Sam Pilnick (pict...

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Mr. Braxton Requests....

Reed master, composer, arranger, conceptualist, and interpreter Anthony Braxton is soft-spoken, gentle, and delightfully scholarly. However...

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