by Marshall Bowden Spiritual jazz is generally a term that is applied to a sub-genre of jazz music from the…

The Bill Evans trio had been playing together for nearly two years by the time these dates for Sunday at…

They bridged the gap between fusion and prog rock bands Return to Forever had a pretty long run with a…

History of Jazz: Part 7 Jazz fusion is a pretty big category, and we’ve lumped a lot of material together…

History of Jazz: Part 6 The strains of blues, gospel, and R&B that figured in the music of many hard…

Bill Laswell’s experimental dub series concludes with Book of Exit, a recording that seamlessly blends dub with Eastern music. Produced…

10CC was one of those bands that were simply too clever for their own good. Once they had established themselves…

The return of Bennie Maupin to somewhat regular recording, beginning with his first Cryptogramophone release Penumbra in 2006, is one…

Bennie Maupin is a master of improvisational music and of the woodwind instruments. He has worked with some of the…

Joni Mitchell’s career has been a long one, with many twists and turns. It was effectively brought to a close…