If ever there was a band which screamed to be taken up by Impulse! (or Strata-East back in the day), it is the semi-free agit-jazz quintet Irreversible Entanglements. Now, after three albums with the ...

Light constitutes another welcome instalment from the back pages of NYC free jazz by the Lithuanian No Business imprint, following on from Jemeel Moondoc's Muntu Recordings (2009), Commitment's ...

It's Fiesta 2012, but there's lots of non-Fiesta music including rock 'n' roll, jazz and “other.” Get busy. Viva Fiesta. Since singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Erika Wennerstrom put ...

With jazz from the smooth side, cool singing songwriters and hard rock/heavy metal package shows, there are live music options this weekend. Move out. The 19th annual Balcones Heights Jazz Festival, ...

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From 1960 to 1963, acclaimed jazz label Prestige Records initiated a new imprint entitled Moodsville, which seemed to wish to capitalize on the growing trend of jazz as “mood music.” In 39 releases, ...

Inside Smoke Jazz Club, mood lighting illuminates a maestro who’s been playing for years. Red curtains frame him prominently at the center of the stage. He stands back emphatically, with his eyes ...