Avant-garde Jazz Icon Defies Geographic Limits, Bridging Human Soul And AI On New Album 'Time To Cut Loose'. Posted in ...

2023 was an eventful year for acclaimed saxophonist, flutist and composer Anna Webber. She released her new album, Shimmer Wince, in October and was appointed New England Conservatory’s New Jazz ...

Billie Davies will release a duo album on December 10, 2025, entitled 2455 (Music For The Future). What music will exist in the 25th century? What styles will people listen to? How will sound continue ...

Plus: Pianist Javier Red releases an album devoted to empathy for autistic kids, and world-weary cabaret singer Mister Tom Musick showcases his many moods on a new record. Javier Red’s new album uses ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – For a lot of music fans, The Bad Plus came to public attention as a piano-based trio, covering the likes of Nirvana, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Rush and Blondie alongside their own ...

Emerging in the late 1940s and early 1950s amid a postwar cultural ferment, avant‑garde jazz carved out a distinct identity by daringly shattering conventional jazz dogma. While bebop and hard bop had ...

When the lineup was announced for the 25th Concert of Colors — Detroit’s free annual diversity-themed music festival — Griot Galaxy immediately jumped out. No Detroit jazz ensemble is more legendary ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Avant-garde jazz act The Bad Plus is headed to Cleveland for a pair of concerts at the Bop Stop at the Music Settlement (2920 Detroit Ave.) on February 7. Performances that evening ...

Today: A hip-hop avant-garde cross-cultural shift in mind-ending brilliance. The light shines for Nolan Wells. Olive Kimoto ...