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On The Cover:
MARK DRESSER
(by John Sharpe)
San Diego-based bassist Mark Dresser’s fascination with the sound of his instrument comes through loud and clear. His keen ear made him an integral part of Anthony Braxton’s celebrated ’80s quartet, but has since illuminated a variety of collaborative projects, his own bands and solo performances, as well as making him a crucial innovator in the field of Telematics (playing across the internet in real time)…
Interview:
MELANIE DYER
(by Sophia Valera Heinecke)
Melanie Dyer began playing viola at age nine, notably training with the late William Lincer, principal violist of the New York Philharmonic (1943-72), among others. She moved to NYC in 1981, eventually founding the group WeFreeStrings in 2011 in Harlem at her home…
Artist Feature:
NUBYA GARCIA
(by Wif Stenger)
For many, East London-based saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s warm, majestic tenor sound popped onto the radar in 2018 through Chicago drummer Makaya McCraven’s Universal Beings. Two years later, Garcia’s full album leader debut, Source, showed off her mighty compositional and improvisational chops and wide-open embrace of genres with guest vocalists, while her live gigs won over audiences with a high-energy, ebullient style and a razor-sharp band of young Londoners.
Encore:
EDWARD WILKERSON, JR.
(by Kurt Gottshcalk)
Back in the ’90s, Ed Wilkerson led the hottest jazz band in greater Chicagoland. Over four albums and 15 years, 8 Bold Souls built a reputation as one of the most exciting working bands then active within the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)…
Lest We Forget:
BHEKI MSELEKU
(by Jeff Cebulski)
The deep well of South African jazz piano includes the chief practitioner, nonagenarian Abdullah Ibrahim (previously known as Dollar Brand) and the late Blue Notes and Brotherhood of Breath pianist-bandleader Chris McGregor (1936-1990), plus more recently, Nduduzo Makhathini and Bokani Dyer, as well as American disciple, Rodney Kendrick. Yet, significantly influential was late South African pianist and multi- instrumentalist Bheki Mseleku…
VOXNews
(by Tessa Souter)
The month of October through time holds significant events in Black civil rights history…
LABEL SPOTLIGHT:
BALANCE POINT ACOUSTICS
(by Stuart Broomer)
Every independent record label devoted to marginal music represents a special commitment to an artistic vision. Few such projects, however, have the scale of Damon Smith’s commitment..
NY@Night
Album Reviews
In Print, On Screen, Boxed Set, Drop The Needle Reviews, Globe Unity…
