Art-rock heroes join forces with the avant-jazz trumpet veteran on a new Bandcamp-only live LP benefiting Black Lives Matter The musicians are donating all proceeds from the song to Black Lives Matter ...

As a composer, Wadada Leo Smith is impossible to classify in one word. You need a laundry list: there’s definitely jazz, and the western classical tradition, but musical styles from a variety of other ...

Two modern avant-garde icons and long-time collaborators with an age-old link to Anthony Braxton's Creative Orchestra, come together for three suites that capitalize on their ability to forge a ...

Even before trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith enters the musical room of “Ntozake Shange” — the first cut off Fire Illuminations, which Smith released last week — the music has left little doubt as to what’s ...