By Michael Roberts Emma Rawicz’s tonal colors are influenced by the actual colors she sees…
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By Michael Roberts Time Zones, the title of the Esthesis Quartet’s sophomore outing, acknowledges the…
By Michael Roberts Following a 20-year break, and a 30-year career as a teacher, Randolph…
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a Senegalese bass guitar virtuoso who makes his home in France, tapped musicians from three…
Kim Nalley and Houston Person team up on a bluesy set of old-school jazz and…
The title Eighty Nine refers to saxophonist and clarinetist Charlie Gabriel’s age at the time…
Charles Mingus is but one of the many jazz stars who crossed paths with Charlie…
Nearly everything about Feeding the Machine feels unexpected, and that may be the best thing…
On New Year’s Eve 2020, drummer Andrew Cyrille, double bassist William Parker and flugelhornist Enrico…
COVID-19 has presented one challenge after another to cultural institutions, and the Louis Armstrong House…
Vocalist-composer Sara Serpa’s latest album, Intimate Strangers, which teams her with Nigerian author Emmanuel Iduma,…