Tyshawn Sorey Triumphantly Renews a 1968 Jazz Classic by Max Roach
Tyshawn Sorey convenes a searing band for his refraction and elevation of Max Roach’s original Members Don’t Git Weary, and the result is a fresh message for 2026.
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Guitarist Miles Okazaki Expands His Sound with ‘Boomtown’
Jazz artist Miles Okazaki has had no trouble defining his own space and personality on the big American landscape. He sounds, finally, like no other guitarist.
Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow Cook a Powerful Brew
Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow’s music is a lava flow of the blues sensibility, a collage of funk, soul, and jazz. It’s some of the year’s most daring music.
Henry Threadgill Extends His Compositional Daring Into Intimacy
On Listen Ship, you will hear some of the finest creative musicians in the world lose themselves in Henry Threadgill’s patterns and plans. It’s a gentle, daring classic.
Jazz Trio Fieldwork’s ‘Thereupon’ Is Buoyant and Open
Fieldwork are a cooperative jazz band spanning the last quarter-century. Yet their music still sounds a lot like the future. Their new LP is where “New Jazz” is in 2025
Steve Coleman and Five Elements Fuse Jazz and Hip-Hop Live at the Village Vanguard
On Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II, Steve Coleman and Five Elements blend New Jazz and hip-hop. The sound is liquid and flowing, tidal and a tidal wave.
Henry Threadgill’s Zooid Return With a Curious ‘Poof’
Henry Threadgill’s followers and fans of modern jazz will have a new milestone to celebrate with Poof. The rest of you work on not taking him for granted.
Jlin and Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix Steve Lehman and Henry Threadgill in New Series
Pi Recordings celebrate 20 years in the music business with a series of ambitious remix projects. The first two feature Jlin and Georgia Anne Muldrow.
Dan Weiss Starebaby Blend Metal and Jazz on ‘Natural Selection’
"New jazz" drummer Dan Weiss has composed varied landscapes for a band that use doom metal textures and delve into electronica, but just as often use acoustic piano and organic drumming to make complexity sound luscious.
Liberty Ellman’s ‘Last Desert’ Is Unafraid to Charm You and Challenge You
Guitarist Liberty Ellman's compositions for this brilliant sextet on Last Desert demand that you pay careful attention, but not that you tolerate harsh tonalities.
Jazz Guitarist Miles Okazaki Returns with a Quartet for ‘The Sky Below’
New Jazz guitarist Miles Okazaki brings back his brilliant quartet for a follow-up to and transformation of 2017's Trickster, daring some new challenges and sometimes coming through with answers on The Sky Below.
Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn: The People I Love
Saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman merges jazz tradition with New Jazz exploration in a format that enjoys a connection to the past even as it pushes forward.