In the thirty-page booklet that accompanies Wadada Leo Smith's String Quartets Nos. 1-12, the trumpeter & composer devotes a few paragraphs to the subject of inspiration. He traces an irregular line ...

Chordless or not, quartets tend to find a way around the necessity of vertical simultaneousness to create significant harmonies. With the Montreal-based Code Quartet it's the former variety of ...

A new boxed set of string quartets by Wadada Leo Smith, an anchor of American experimental music, reveals his sustained engagement with the form. By Seth Colter Walls The trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith ...

The Jazz Artist Series at the University of Montana continues next week with another concert and another impressive artist. Greg Gisbert is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, overseen ...

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, saxophonist Kurtis Adams found his passion for music at an early age. After completing his bachelor’s degree, Adams moved to Boulder for graduate studies at the ...

American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney makes a guest appearance with the Ron Carter Foursight Quartet at the Blue Note Jazz Festival concert 'The Legends Honor McCoy--McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Roy ...