Guitarist/composer Daniel Casares from A Coruña, Spain, is set to release a new recording, “From A Cabin in the Wood,” featuring 12 experimental jazz compositions, later this year. “From a Cabin in ...

Few musicians have been as delightfully and fascinatingly weird as Sun Ra. He was born Herman Poole Blount, changed his name to honor the Egyptian god of the sun, believed he was an angelic being from ...

Roscoe Mitchell is one of the last surviving titans of a pioneering generation of fearlessly experimental jazz musicians. At age 82, this Renaissance man continues to push the envelope in several ...

NEW YORK — The experimental jazz group Onyx Collective has a knack for attracting listeners that don’t frequent traditional jazz sets and collaborators whose approval can move the needle. In February, ...

NEW YORK, NY -- The nationwide radio campaign for experimental jazz sextet Out To Lunchs sophomore album Melvin's Rockpile (Accurate Records) which hit the airwaves the first week of February , 2010 ...

Chicago opera is, inexplicably, hibernating this winter — the city hosts no staged productions until mid-March, with Lyric Opera’s “La bohème.” Thankfully, other groups aren’t following suit. In fact, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One of the most versatile instrumental talents to ever emerge from New York City's downtown experimental jazz scene, guitarist Marc Ribot has established himself as a both a ...

“ Home Field Advantage - Expermental Jazz in Jersey City “, a series organized by James Keepnews, will feature four groups led by noted practitioners of experimental jazz and improvised music, ...

André 3000 continues redefining artistic boundaries with his latest release, a 26-minute instrumental odyssey titled “Something Is Happening and I may Not Fully Understand but I’m Happy to Stand for ...

George E. Lewis believes that an opportunity for a fresh understanding of jazz-related experimentalism emerged in the 1990s, with a new kind of writing about music that took its lead from cultural and ...

Jazz pianist Andrew Hill died of lung cancer last week at the age of 75. The Chicago native was an innovative artist who worked with some of the greatest names in jazz music. But his experimental jazz ...