Big Ears Festival 2025 article @ All About Jazz

Freelance journalist & musician. I love improvisation & live electronics, in jazz and experimental music of all sorts. ContributorSince 2012Charlotte, NC Preferred album format:Digital MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:547 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences African JazzAfrobeatAmbient / New AgeBeyond JazzBrazilian / Bossa Nova / SambaFree Improv / Avant-GardeFusion […]

Jazz Highlights for Record Store Day 2025 article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Journey into Jazz » Jazz Highlights for Record Store Day 2025 For most Americans, April brings to mind tax deadlines and spring cleaning. But for vinyl collectors, April means something far more exciting: Record Store Day. Each year, music lovers line up early for a chance to snag limited-edition releases—many […]

Take Five with Accordionist Nathan Koci article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Take Five With… » Take Five with Accordionist Nathan Koci ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Sam Sadigursky is a modern take on Klezmer jazz. As an accordionist, he has performed and recorded with Sam Sadigursky, Guy Klucevsek accordionb.1948 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Guy Klucevsek, South African artist William Kentridge, Maira Kalman, the Michael Leonhart trumpetb.1974 […]

Revisiting Weather Report article @ All About Jazz

” data-original-title=”” title=””>Alex Acuña in Weather Report band / ensemble / orchestra ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Weather Report. In the spring of 2025, acclaimed vocalist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Kurt Elling embarks on a new project celebrating the music of Weather Report. As the tour nears its end, Erskine will join for a select few performances, including a stop […]

Kyle Knoke article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Chats with Cats » The Collective Organizer: Kyle Knoke The idea is that the Midwest could become a viable financial and educational destination for touring artists. —Kyle Knoke It’s no revelation that the U.S.A. is a big country and the “fruited plains” is a vast area with “spacious […]

Berlin and Beyond article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Kinan Azmeh: Berlin and Beyond Courtesy Peter Adamik It’s little known that for the first maybe two years of the uprising, the people used to sing songs in support of the other cities that were bombed or shot at. So at some point in 2011 or 2012, this […]

On Togetherness, The 3 Cohens and The Art of Interaction article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Anat Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari: On Togetherness, The 3 Cohe… Courtesy Shervin Lainez As clarinetist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Anat Cohen and arranger ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Oded Lev-Ari sit down to chat on a frigid February morning, they’re completely cognizant of a pair of major milestones on the horizon in early […]

Literal Magic article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Profile » Moving On Music: Literal Magic Courtesy Moving On Music That was always one of the aims, the artistic aim, to bring challenging music that wouldn’t otherwise be here, basically. That was my ethos. —Brian Carson, Founder of Moving On Music 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of […]

Leaving It All Out There article @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There It’s almost like technique goes out the window … you rise above technique, and all these approaches you learn, and find something personal about yourself and really leave it out there. —Stephen Davis ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Anthony Braxton asked Northern Irish […]

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