Idris Ackamoor is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is the Founder of the San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey and the Founder,...
I find it a sincere shame that there is not more jazz where the primary instrument is the guitar. That said, I’ve heard fine soling jazz where there’s...
As of late, some of the coolest contemporary jazz has been drifting out of the UK, harking back to the early solo work by Donald Fagan, though with...
David Friesen’s music always sounds like the soundtrack for waterfalls. There is an environmental sensibility that evokes rushing waters, gentle breezes, hurricanes and lightning. Yet he has never...
Peter Brötzmann is one of the most outstanding saxophone players in the current international (free) jazz scene. “There is nothing like that in the field of music and...
1000 Kings - Raw Cause (Jazz re:freshed, 2018) https://1000kings.com/releases Ahhhh … finally some new jazz fusion that I can sink my teeth into, music sounding as futuristic as...
Emanative - Earth (Jazzman Records, 2018) https://emanative.bandcamp.com/album/earth Seems that Emanative finally had the courage to step out on their own on this their fourth album Earth. Previous albums...
Tokyo Jazz Joints is a documentary photography project which began to document Tokyo’s myriad jazz bars and cafes back in March 2015, with little idea of how far...
A young girl’s barbershop adventure into jazz and the blues ... Most women adored the beauty salons that dotted the landscape of all communities during the late 1950’s...
Mahan Mirarab - Persian Side of Jazz (2010) It’s worthy to note that many American jazz musicians who’ve been embraced overseas often fail to find a footing here...