jazz Archive
17 Dec 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for December 2025: Blues, Soul and Jazz
Here’s another round of capsule reviews of new (well, newish) releases, covered in a tidy 100 words. Charlie Rouse Band – Cinnamon Flower (Expanded Edition) This Zev Feldman project is […]
04 Dec 2025
Mann Underground: Geoff Mann Pays Brilliant Tribute to His Father (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… (NOTE: A portion of this feature appeared previously on The Tonearm.) What were some of the guiding aesthetics that you brought to the project? I’ve been […]
03 Dec 2025
Mann Underground: Geoff Mann Pays Brilliant Tribute to His Father (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… (NOTE: A portion of this feature appeared previously on The Tonearm.) Why drums and not some other instrument? Geoff Mann: When I was a kid, I […]
02 Dec 2025
Mann Underground: Geoff Mann Pays Brilliant Tribute to His Father (Part 1 of 3)
A portion of this feature appeared previously on The Tonearm. Over the course of his career, flautist Herbie Mann released nearly 90 albums of original material. Nominally a jazz artist, […]
01 Dec 2025
30 Days Out, December 2025 #1: Min Xiao-Fen and River Guerguerian, Dillon Fence, Thievery Corporation, Squawk
Two superb locally-based acts, and two touring groups who don’t often make it the mountains of WNC. Those are the highlights of live music in Asheville for the next 30 […]
14 Nov 2025
30 Days Out, Nov. 2025 #2: Asheville Jazz Orchestra, JackTown Ramblers, Artimus Pyle Band, Eilen Jewell
Three of the four acts spotlighted in this roundup of live music in the coming 30 days are local acts. Top-quality local acts, mind you. There’s big band jazz, bluegrass […]
11 Nov 2025
Album Reviews: Two from Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge is truly a musical renaissance man for the 21st century. As prolific as he is creative, Young continues to turn out new material of the highest quality with […]
05 Nov 2025
The New Mastersounds: Goodbye But Not Farewell
This feature originally ran in Good Times ahead of the band’s October 23 date in Santa Cruz, CA. When guitarist Eddie Roberts and drummer Simon Allen launched the New Mastersounds […]
03 Nov 2025
30 Days Out, November 2025 #1: Beach Fossils, Furious Bongos, They Might Be Giants, David Wilcox
If there’s a thread connecting the disparate array of artists spotlighted in this rundown of music coming to Asheville in the next 30 days, it’s critical praise. All are admired […]
20 Oct 2025
LaMP is Burning Brightly
Three esteemed players have joined forces almost by chance, and the result is one of music’s more dynamic and vital outfits. Combining a melodic jazz sensibility with the unpredictability of […]