On Impure Imagination, Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty treats belonging as something made in the room, then dirtied by the edit. The wish at the centre of the album already knows it may not be real.
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On Impure Imagination, Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty treats belonging as something made in the room, then dirtied by the edit. The wish at the centre of the album already knows it may not be real.
The saxophonist built a singular voice between the loft scene and the tradition, and the 1980s followed him.
The 58-track box set, originally released in 2000, returns in November with previously unreleased alternate takes and archival packaging restored.
The singer who moved from Jackson coffeehouses to Blue Note royalty died today in her hometown at age 70, leaving behind a body of work that drew equally from jazz, blues, and folk.
Research from the University of Cambridge shows large language models can distinguish 20 jazz pianists with 94.4% accuracy, with harmony acting as the clearest marker of an artist’s style.
A D.C. court ruled the Kennedy Center must cover Chuck Redd’s $252,479.70 in legal costs after dismissing its breach-of-contract suit against him — a case the judge linked to political retribution.
The legendary jazz club will open its first UK location in Covent Garden on what would be John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, presenting a season that deliberately blurs genre boundaries.
The Washington-raised singer pairs a jazz-laced pop arrangement with a visual that turns cosmetic procedures into horror.
The drummer’s new live recording abstracts the 1968 album “Members, Don’t Git Weary” into a sprawling, uneasy meditation for the present.
This Friday’s releases center on returns that carry real weight and projects that know exactly what kind of sound and attention they want to hold. Long silences end with evolved statements from The Temper Trap and If These Trees Could Talk. Jack White sharpens his guitar language into something even more direct and physical. Suki …
