It’s been 24 year since Alice Coltrane last released an album. That’s far too long, but the wait has been well worth it. The name of the album is "Translinear Light" and it…
It’s always a courageous move when a saxophone player chooses to play in the trio format of sax, bass and drums. The absence of a piano or guitar player offers greater harm…
Innovating. Frenetic. Underrated. These are just a few of the words I would use to describe flute, clarinet and saxophone master Eric Dolphy. I think of Dolphy as one of th…
Listening to a single-disc set ‘best of’ of the music of Sonny Rollins can be a very unsatisfying experience. It’s kind of like trying to eat just one potato chip. A small …
The Three Of Us is the third (and latest) release from clarinetist Mort Weiss, released on the label he founded specifically for the release of his material, SMS Jazz. Weis…