The WOO Chronicles: All the News that Fits

(Photo by Frans Schellekens) Now that I know where I want to go, it’s time to figure out how to … More

A Third Ear for “The Lost Quintet”

MILES DAVIS, The Lost Quintet (Sleepy Night Records, 2019) PERSONNEL Miles Davis, trumpet Wayne Shorter, saxophone Chick Corea, keyboards Dave … More

Music is all about taking listeners on a journey. Chris Trinidad is doing just that with his bass guitar. Trinidad … More

There is something thrilling about hearing a band grow and evolve before your ears. Sons of Ra fits that description. … More

Many bands sound like little more than the sum of their influences. Other bands take those influences, add their own … More

More than once on this page, I’ve expressed the desire to hear a new kind of jazz, music of and … More

And to think: I almost skipped this one. I knew legendary guitarist John McLaughlin was on the road with his … More

From where I sit, fusion has never gotten its just due. Jazz purists revile it for its use of electric … More

I never imagined my personal door to jazz exploration would be opened by an electric violin. But that’s precisely what … More

The news of Allan Holdsworth’s passing could have knocked me over with a feather. While I have lamented the aging … More