The saxophonist who never stopped pushing beyond his own legend leaves behind a career that traced the full arc of jazz, from bebop to his own uncompromising future.
The saxophonist who never stopped pushing beyond his own legend leaves behind a career that traced the full arc of jazz, from bebop to his own uncompromising future.
The saxophonist behind *Saxophone Colossus* and a string of essential live and studio dates died at his home in Woodstock. He was 95.
The trumpeter, born 100 years ago, treated every new sound as a necessity, never a betrayal. His records still refuse to age quietly.
In the first edition of This Week’s Four, our new weekly series that selects four artists from submissions to ROMBO’s Instagram Open Call, LA singer-songwriter O Warwick leads with his debut single. “Lonely Creek” drifts through forest memory and self-recognition with a voice that is both grounded and luminous.
Alive with Ghosts Today traces the story of the abolitionist uprising through an ensemble that pairs Bill Frisell’s guitar with violin, clarinet, and trombone.
Happy Today, the ETA quartet’s latest, came together in the middle of a set at Lodge Room last August, and a concert film is set to follow.
On his new album ‘Distracted’, Thundercat turns existential exhaustion into something playful, proving once again that his humor and his musicianship come from the same place.
A portrait of the trumpeter and composer whose restless energy defines a career of constant reinvention.
After two previous attempts, the guitarist and trumpeter finally capture their collaborative album, a document of intuitive dialogue set for release this June.
On ‘Mountain Call’, the Czech bassist-composer leads a late-career summit with Jack DeJohnette and Michel Portal, shaping a spacious, classical-influenced dialogue.
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