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, October 30, 2021

Trios Magic

Three different trios, three varied approaches, and all three fascinating to explore! It's been over six years since Nicole Mitchell (f...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

New Music from 5 and from 1

Photo: Milo Bosh Over the decades of his career, Steve Coleman , alto saxophonist, composer, conceptualist, MacArthur Fellow, has taken hi...

Thursday, October 7, 2021

New Albums & Gigs in CT

Slowly but surely, the "live music scene" is opening up, especially here in my native Connecticut. Here are three artists with n...

Monday, September 27, 2021

Quintet & Big Band with Jared Schonig Leading!

Drummer and composer Jared Schonig is the exemplar of the 21st Century musician. Not only does he write music but he also plays in Broadw...

Friday, September 24, 2021

Delight-filled Saxophone, Piano, & Bass

Canadian-born (Montreal, Quebec) Chet Doxas plays tenor saxophone, composes, plays in bands with his drummer brother Jim, and has co-lead...

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Just Like That

Photo: NEA Henry Threadgill , composer, arranger, saxophonist, flutist, 2021 NEA Jazz Master, and Pulitzer Prize winner (2016), and bandlead...

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Masters at Play + A Pleasing Surprise

Over the past seven years, saxophonist and NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman has been touring and recording with his Expansions quintet. The gro...

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