Albert Ayler

Tenor saxophonist and composer Larry Ochs is a founding member of Bay Area saxophone quartet ROVA (he's the "O"), virtually an institution in the frequently overlapping international scenes of avant-garde jazz, improvised music, and contemporary notated composition (the latter being what some folks these days refer to as "classical" music). Read More

On the new album "The Devil Tried to Kill Me" (Justin Time) by David Murray and the Gwo Ka Masters featuring Taj Mahal, we find Mr. Murray, the saxophonist and composer, returning to Guadeloupe for his third recording with Klod Kiavué and François Ladrezeau, who play gwo ka hand drums that help define the island's indigenous folk music. Read More

Back in 1971, three adventurous young US jazz musicians formed an uncompromising improv group called the Revolutionary Ensemble – a title that had resonances in the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, and the radical transformation of jazzmaking that had been ignited by Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane. Read More

Chicago-based drummer Mike Reed** has a new album out with his People, Places & Things quartet. Read More

New arrivals from Saturn will be wondering why anyone here bothers with jazz. Read More

Once pigeonholed as a freak-folk act, the Brooklyn-formed quartet Akron/Family got their break under the wing of ex-Swans guru Michael Gira, who signed them to his Young God label (once home to Devendra Banhart), made them his backing band in Angels of Light, and pushed them to compile their early recordings for a self-titled 2005 debut. Read More

Ars Nova Workshop is pleased to commence our season-long celebration of the work and life of multi-instrumentalist and composer Don Cherry (1936-1995). Read More

Darius Jones is on a journey that has taken him from his homestead in rural Virginia, through Richmond to study at VCU, and in 2005 on to New York City and the world. Read More