From the Fairlight CMI to the 1940s Ondioline, Erika Dohi built her sophomore album using rare instruments with distinct personalities, astrology as a compositional framework, and meditation practices that confronted loneliness.

After two decades together, Miguel Zenón’s quartet documents their chemistry on ‘Vanguardia Subterránea,’ a live recording from the Village Vanguard that brings together family tributes, geographical coordinates, and the deep musical connection between New York and Puerto Rico.

Byrne’s Seattle show pairs Talking Heads paranoia with newer material about love as punk resistance. In Lawrence Peryer’s review of the performance, he recognizes the destination without possessing the map to get there.

Robert Callender’s debut ‘Rainbow’ merged jazz, poetry, and Indian classical music in 1968, then largely disappeared. Archivist Chaim O’Brien-Blumenthal explains how a 2023 concert recording became the start of the artist’s rediscovery.

Brendan Wright reflects on learning to share creative control, the liberating chaos of DIY touring, and how ‘Troubadour’ bottles up a moment when relationships shifted and the world felt like it was falling apart.

As New England Conservatory celebrates what would have been Gunther Schuller’s 100th birthday, three musicians who knew him discuss the work ethic, institutional courage, and polyglot vision that made teaching ragtime next to European harmony seem natural rather than radical.

Saxophonist Miguel Zenón discusses his quartet’s first live album, recorded at the Village Vanguard, and how research fuels his fusion of jazz and Puerto Rican music.

GRAMMY-winning bassist Linda May Han Oh discusses her compositional process, embracing failure, and how surfing informs her approach to jazz improvisation.

Meet four Jazz Forward Award winners reshaping jazz through radio tracking, global streaming, community venues, and inclusive education across three continents.

Australian trumpeter Peter Knight discusses Hand to Earth’s new album, cultural collaboration with Yolŋu songmen, and his decade leading the AAO.

Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington on 50 years of revolutionary chamber music, from Black Angels to Library of Congress archives.

Guitarist Jeff Parker discusses The New Breed album, blending jazz improvisation with hip hop beats, and his evolution from Tortoise collaborator to solo artist.