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WBGO’s Jonathan Chimene shares photos from an evening of performances and readings celebrating the late author Stanley Crouch.
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What makes Black Music the most culturally appropriated music on Earth? Saxophonist David Murray, bassist Rashaan Carter and the rappers Kokayi and Saul…
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There’s nothing fake about David Murray.His authentic voice on tenor saxophone is only bolstered by his fiery sincerity as an improviser. And he’s just as…
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Welcome to the island of St. Lucia, where we soak in deeply African rhythms that morphed into brilliant modern Creole creations in recent years. The…
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It's always exciting when a new composition is unearthed from a behemoth in American art. In this case, it's a composition by Ornette Coleman, the…
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This week in Take Five: two boss tenors, in tracks both old and new. A free-thinking trumpeter with her dynamic debut. A veteran hard-bop drummer…