Sanchez's latest album, ‘Night Creatures,’ features music for nine instruments that variously contrast, blend or clash — channeling the open-air feeling of the pitch-dark woods at night.


Composer Angelica Sanchez takes inspiration from the sound of the woods at night

Though he's been a New Yorker for over a decade, David Virelles remains preoccupied with the rich, rhythmically charged music of his native Cuba. His new album shows where he's been — and where he's going.


Pianist David Virelles shows off the depth and breadth of what he can do on 'Nuna'

Taylor's 1973 concert at New York's Town Hall has just been released for the first time as a digital album. It's a great, early example of Taylor's mature music — dense but well-designed.  


Cecil Taylor's piano lightning bolts are precisely targeted in this 1973 recording

Flute player Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed all came up on Chicago's new jazz scene about 20 years ago. They revisit their roots on ‘... and then there's this.’


Jazz trio Artifacts gets to the point quickly, and sticks to it

Samara Joy sang some jazz in high school, but didn't get serious about it until later. Her debut album, which she recorded as a college student, could be a public service announcement for jazz education.


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