Oliver Lake News

In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic.

Though it certainly had an impact on the landscape of creative music in the 1970s and 1980s as well as it does today, the vanguard improvisation scene in St.

We all know Montclair is an artsy place, brimming with writers, painters and musicians.

Almost without anyone noticing, Trio 3 has become one of the great working bands in jazz.

A day late but otherwise none the worse for the wear, here's our weekly compilation of news and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St.

Aaron J. Johnson, from Washington D.C., began playing the trombone at 12. He played with funk bands and conducted and arranged for student ensembles.

Established in 1979 with the Black Saint album First String , featuring Billy Bang manning the violin chair, the revered band String Trio of New York celebrates its 30-year anniversary with the impressionable ...