Drummer Gerry Hemingway shows up on a pair of albums debuting this week and both tracks are out on the edge: he’s with the Swiss group, Om, on their latest release “Sudpol”, and he’s leading his own quartet on the second “Live At Bau 4“, a performance space at a Continue Reading
June 4, 2026 #1464
June 4, 2026 #1464 —— I was having so much fun putting this playlist together, I had to tell myself to stop and save some of the new releases for next week. James Brandon Lewis probably feels the same way. He keeps releasing exceptional music, and his latest with his Continue Reading
May 28, 2026 #1463
New releases keep arriving at an insane rate and there’s so much to choose from. The highlight this time out is drummer Tyshawn Sorey’s brilliant look at Max Roach’s “Members, Don’t Get Weary”. Sorey reimagines Roach’s very important politcal and socially conscious album of 1968 and reminds us of the Continue Reading