Guardian Music — Powerful jazz double bassist with a gift for improvisationBack in 1971, three adventurous young US jazz musicians formed an uncompromising improv group called the Revolutionary Ensemble – a title that had resonances in the civil rights movemen... more info

All About Jazz — This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee "... more info

All About Jazz — NPR: Wilson is "One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: "An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events ce... more info

Mercury News, California — Melody Gardot, Esperanza Spalding, Ornette Coleman also in festival's star-studded lineup. more info

All About Jazz — Jazz at Lincoln Center opened its fall season on Saturday night with a repertory tribute to Ornette Coleman. Not that this sold-out concert, at the Rose Theater, was presented that way: there was no organized script, no resident orchestra, no Wynto... more info

Chicago Tribune — The performance artist, with her revived Plastic Ono Band and a new album, is bent on exploding the barriers among music styles. Oh, and if it does well on the charts, all the better. ... more info

All About Jazz — This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: David Murray, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, ... more info

Destination Out — UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS OH ALLAH Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness Impulse : 1971 AC, organ and harp; Leroy Jenkins, violin; John Blair, violin; Julius Brand, violin; Joan Kalisch, violin; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums. String ar... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: DeCaux/FilmMagic Shakira, “She Wolf” [Various Remixes] As if the original didn’t sound like an MGMT song, here are a pair of remixes that up chic factor of this song by several degrees. And has there ever been a pop song to use the word ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — [Ornette] Coleman calls his approach harmolodics: "a theory, not a style." But it's not even a theory, really, it's more of a philosophy, emphasizing equality of voices, freedom, spontaneity and participation -- not just for the musicians, for the au... more info