Jazz

R.I.P. Free Jazz Pioneer Cecil Taylor

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2018

Cecil Taylor — the American pianist and poet regarded as a pioneer of free jazz — has died. The pianist passed away Thursday evening (April...

Q-Tip to Play Miles Davis in New Theatre Production

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2018

Like Don Cheadle before him, Q-Tip is set to take his turn at playing the role of jazz giant Miles Davis, this time as part of a new theatr...

Ryan Porter

The Optimist

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2018

Pay attention to the title of Ryan Porter's triple LP. The Optimist describes the artist, while optimism more generally defines the 100-min...

Ottawa Jazz Fest Unveils 2018 Lineup with Herbie Hancock, Tanya Tagaq, Alison Krauss

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2018

Ottawa's TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is set to take over the nation's capital once more this summer, and organizers have now revealed the lineu...

Ronley Teper and the Lipliners

The Game

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2018

If Kate Bush and Frank Zappa had a lovechild, it might just be Toronto's Ronley Teper, who has spent years bringing her quirky jams to audi...

Thelonious Monk

The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collections

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2017

It's been 35 years since we lost Thelonious Monk, one of the 20th century's great artists. The man who thrilled jazz fans all over the worl...

Check Out a New Trailer for Shawn Lee's 'The Library Music Film'

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

As previously reported, eccentric UK-based funk producer Shawn Lee is helming a documentary about library music, with the suitably generic...

Alessandro Alessandroni's Unreleased Archives Explored on New Four Flies Collection

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2017

Earlier this year, Four Flies celebrated the late-great Italian musical visionary Piero Umiliani with a retrospective comp complete with a...