Hamid Drake

The music on Dénouement — which was recorded 10 years ago and pressed on Scott Fields’ obscure Geode label — is quite different from his first Clean Feed release, “Beckett.” Although both projects, like virtually all of Fields’ music, intentionally muddle up the written and improvised parts, one is a chamber jazz quartet interpreting word-for-word settings of Samuel Beckett plays while the other i

New Orleans tenor saxophone legend Kidd Jordan's annual treks north to perform late-night sets with Windy City tenor legend Fred Anderson during the run of the Chicago Jazz Festival have become an institution.

Bassist William Parker is a consummate musical storyteller.

Piercing the Veil was originally issued on AUM Fidelity in 2001 and gave rise to giant amounts of praise and attention. It has been out of print for far too long. So, in re-issuing it, AUM decided to up the ante.

"As epic, exciting and life-affirming as any CD set you’re likely to find, this year or any."
–ALL ABOUT JAZZ-NEW YORK, Jeff Stockton