“Blues: Cosmic Beauty,” Smith’s compositional love letter to God, lets her moan and growl like she’s slowly trying to exorcise a demon. She can also sing like an aloof ghost, like she does on the title track. Strangely enough, Wadada Leo Smith wrote it...

All of which makes Dark Lady Of The Sonnets an intriguing date with some truly original ideas, but demands more patience from the listener than usual from the ever-exploring, probing Wadada Leo Smith. Musicians and record labels can...

Clark Terry. Darcy James Argue is keeping track of all the links. Go back for the JazzWax interview. Sam Newsome , soprano saxophone specialist (especially solo), has been blogging. Here's an interesting piece about "Post-Dave-Douglas Syndrome" and the...

Clark Terry. Darcy James Argue is keeping track of all the links. Go back for the JazzWax interview. Sam Newsome , soprano saxophone specialist (especially solo), has been blogging. Here's an interesting piece about "Post-Dave-Douglas Syndrome" and the...

Richard Bona introduces his Mandekan Cubano project at the Jazz Standard, Dec. 27 through New Year’s Eve — as I detail in my new CityArts-New York column. But from now through December 24 there’s other strong, new music to check out in, especially at Rou

"Mbira," which takes its name from the Mbira music of the Shona culture in Zimbabwe. The song blends Shona sounds with American and traditional Chinese music and is performed by a trio he leads of the same name. The track comes off Mbira's new album,...