2013. By 1959, when The Curtis Fuller Jazztet was recorded, Detroit native Curtis Fuller was considered to be one of the greatest living jazz trombonists. Upon moving to NYC in the mid-fifties, Fuller became one of ..
2010. After meeting at a Stooges/MC5 concert, drummer Bob Thompson and guitarist Doug Snyder met one fine day in October 1972 in Thompson's kitchen and bashed out this set of fiery improvisations, seemingly influenc..
2014. Never Too Late, the new album by Afro-funk, jazz veteran, J. Plunky Branch and his group Plunky & Oneness bridges genres and generations. The ambitious 16-song collection includes neo-soul, nu-jazz, and hip-..
2017. Being praised by Toumani Diabaté and curating his own Kora festival in Senegal in April 2018, now is the time for others to discover Lamine Cissokho. Currently living in the south of Sweden, he was appr..
1983. Drummer and composer Pheeroan AkLaff's celebrated 'House of Spirit/Mirth' was originally released in 1979 on the composer Oliver Lake's bespoke private-press label Passin Thru' Inc., a not for profit label 'de..