Steve Swallow

Charlie Haden formed the Liberation Music Orchestra just over half a century ago, compelled by what he once called “a commitment to equality and to…

Including the latest from Reverso, co-led by Ryan Keberle and Frank Woeste.Kamasi Washington, “Street Fighter Mas”Almost exactly one year ago, saxophonist…

At one point during the final stretch of this year's Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn., you could have pried yourself away from a distortion-jacked…

Something Blue, “Slick”The name of this instrumental confab, assembled by Marc Free of Posi-Tone Records, suggests both a whimsical nod to marital customs…

Carla Bley, the wily and iconoclastic American composer, has a natural aversion to hearing other people interpret her music. But she didn't seem to have…

A few years ago, trumpeter Dave Douglas and saxophonist Chet Doxas released the self-titled debut album by a band they called Riverside. Along with…