Archie Shepp

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

Jagged orange lightening bolts frame a box of rainbow swirls beneath a diamond-shaped prism inside a bright yellow square angling into a tangle of colored streamers. Read More

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

It was a time when white visitors to New York took a deep breath and rode the subway to 125th Street, since cab drivers cruising the midtown streets could not be persuaded to take them to Harlem. Read More

Charlie Mariano, saxophonist, composer, bandleader and seminal musical figure, died on June 16, 2009. Read More

The Jazzinstitut's Jazz News will keep you up-to-date with news of the jazz world which we collect, summarize, and issue via e-mail about once a week. Read More

By default and by design, there is no firm center of avant-garde jazz culture. Read More