My advice for these dog days of summer is to grab a cool beverage, get in front of a fan, and just veg to Private Wars. This is the perfect music for days when any unnecess…

Freedom of Assembly is tri-generational, bass, drums, and piano trio. Bassist George Donchev is the youngest at 32 and has played with the likes of Bob Gullotti and John Lo…

Ultima is a must buy if you missed the Frode Gjerstad Trio on their tour of Canada and the United States and have an interest in adventurous jazz. If you saw the unit, I am…

Frode Gjerstad hails from Norway and has created a body of work that is solidly free improvised music but which also shows influences from such different genres as rock, rap, and classical. Ultima, his most recent release on Cadence Jazz Records, features Gjerstad in the company of bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. He has also recently completed a tour of the United States and Canada where he played with Parker and Drake. JAZZREVIEW.COM: How did you get started with …

For 25 years The String Trio of New York has produced innovative music with emotional ranging going from beautiful to quirky with some occasional dissonance thrown in for good measure.Guitarist James Emery, bassist John Lindberg and violinist Billy Bang made up the original formation but in the years since then a number of violinists, including Charles Burnham and Regina Carter, have rounded out the group. Recently Rob Thomas has come into the violin position and it was the line