Tracks of the Week 16.03.24
When the baritone saxophone specialist and former Downtown stalwart Dave Sewelson and the visceral guitar virtuoso Ava Mendoza first conceived the idea of a duo album, the expectation was that they’d veer...
Ava Mendoza & Dave Sewelson – Of It But Not Is It
When the baritone saxophone specialist and former Downtown stalwart Dave Sewelson and the visceral guitar virtuoso Ava Mendoza first conceived the idea of a duo album, the expectation was that they’d veer...
Tracks of the Week 10.02.24
From ‘Old Shep’ and ‘Old King’ to ‘Cracker Jack’ and Campfire Songs with its crackling ode to an aeriform doggy, the small corpus of music about losing a pet has tended to...
Tracks of the Week 10.12.22
This week the drummer, pianist, and vibraphonist Joe Chambers returns to Blue Note to unravel some of the rhythmic affinities shared by jazz, Latin, Brazilian, Argentinian, and African music, between interpretations of...