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Colin Stetson's 2008 album New History Warfare, Vol. 1 showcased the saxophonist/multi-reedist's phenomenal multiphonic improvisation style and ... More

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When it comes to experimental jazz, there is mildly avant-garde and there is extremely avant-garde. Examples of extremely avant-garde would include ... More

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In the 1970s and early '80s, the Revolutionary Ensemble lived up to its name. One of the major free improvising groups to emerge from Chicago's AACM ... More

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Min Tanaka is a dancer, and although one can hear the sporadic shuffling or stomping of feet or the slapping of hands against a wall, one gets the ... More

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There are many adjectives that describe Marc Ribot -- some of the ones that immediately come to mind include adventurous, experimental, fearless, and ... More

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Drummer Joey Baron teams up with three notable all-stars on this set: altoist Arthur Blythe, guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Ron Carter. Most of ... More

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On a dozen concise sound explorations, altoist Steve Lehman utilizes sequences and electronic effects to produce otherworldly music. Two of the ... More

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Stolas is the 12th volume in John Zorn's Book of Angels series of compositions. It's a welcome and compelling idea that he decided to re-form his ... More

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Departure of Reason is the fourth duo album by guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone and their second for Thirsty Ear. Given their ... More

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While the musical benefits Pharoah Sanders enjoyed as the direct result of his association with John Coltrane are indisputable (not to mention the ... More

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Joey Baron does the near-impossible on this CD, making music in a trio comprised of his drums, trombonist Steve Swell and tenor saxophonist Ellery ... More

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Trumpeter, composer, music theorist, and cultural activist Wadada Leo Smith has been a leading light in the jazz and new music vanguard for nearly 40 ... More

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The Cherry Thing features vocalist and songwriter Neneh Cherry fronting the brilliant, provocative Scandinavian the Thing, whose members are ... More

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While there is a plethora of Miles Davis tribute albums out there, this one is interesting for the basic fact that this horn quartet attempts to ... More

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The second night of Ornette Coleman's two-week stand in Sweden was even fierier than the first, if the recorded documents are to be believed. For ... More

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The World Saxophone Quartet's first recording in four years found the group's power and adventurous nature unchanged. In existence on a part-time ... More

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The gathering of this trio in February of 2000 guaranteed little except that they had demonstrated ably -- on Nothing Ever Was Anyway: The Music of ... More

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This is a major set, "new" music from John Coltrane that was recorded February 15, 1967, (five months before his death) but not released for the ... More

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This historic album features four then-unknowns on three lengthy avant-garde explorations that were quite influential not only in St. Louis (where ... More

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Despite the fact that they've shared several stages over the past 40 years, Ancestors marks the first occasion that trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and ... More

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