“[W]hat’s always fascinating is that sometimes you think you know what something sounds like and do the thing that produces the sound you think you will get, and then you don’t get it. There are always variabilities, variations, and things you didn’t expect… They always lead you to explore something differently. I think the joy is in the fact that even though my vocabulary is relatively static, what happens, without fail, always brings me to places I haven’t been before. I don’t know why, but it happens. I think it has to do with having an understanding that when something unexpected happens, you can make it into something interesting.”- Fred Frith

https://postgenre.org/normal-fred-frith-i/

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“When playing a solo piece, I don’t write notation because it does not need to be communicated to anyone else. I only write down words. Just a list of timestamps and words to describe the sounds I’m going to move through. These are notes that only I would understand. They’re typed out like a setlist. It’s just abbreviated little notes to myself that probably wouldn’t even make sense to anyone else, and that’s kind of the point of this music. Nobody else is going to play these pieces. It’s almost like folk music in that way. ” - Jessica Pavone

‘What Happens Has Become Now’ is out now on Relative Pitch Records

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https://postgenre.org/what-happens-jessica-pavone/

“[Little Big] feels like … a project that I’m going to keep turning to throughout the years. All of us in the band have a feeling of fellowship that we’ve started to build that is very special. The band also feels like an outlet for something I’m after creatively. I feel there’s something here with this particular intersection of different styles of music in the music we’re making. There’s still a lot more to find.” - Aaron Parks

Check out our conversation with Aaron Parks. ‘Little Big III’ out now on Blue Note Records.

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“[M]usic was my whole life. It probably still is. I have a little radio behind me in my bed, and I sometimes put on the news. So long as somebody’s talking, I’m writing music in my head. I once wrote a song called “4 am” that came to me when was listening to the radio. I got up at 4:00 in the morning and heard the song in my head.

I had a great marriage. I have great children and great grandchildren. I love them all. But playing music was just as important to me. So was playing with the great players I was able to play with because you’re only as good as what’s behind you.” - Terry Gibbs

Terry Gibbs Dream Band ‘Vol. 7, The Lost Tapes’ out now on Whaling City Sound

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https://postgenre.org/jazz-master-terry-gibbs-ii/

“This project helped me look at the world in a way of appreciation for sounds. It fostered an amazement in how many different things you can hear at any given moment when you’re out and about in the world. That’s a nice place to be.” - Nate Mercereau

‘Excellent Traveler’ out now on Third Man Records.

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https://postgenre.org/infinite-possibility-nate-mercereau/

“Honestly, I don’t even like the term genre. It means nothing to me. Genre is something that exists after the fact. Nobody creating music, who is composing music, puts it into a genre.“ - Brian Marsella

‘MEDIETAS’ out now on Tzadik Records.

#brianmarsella #imaginarium #tzadikrecords #roulette_intermedium #thenewschool #johnzorn #music #art #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #interview #newalbum #hasaanibnali #improvisedmusic #jazz

https://postgenre.org/most-like-brian-marsella/

“Nature, oftentimes, is my respite. It’s a place to connect to wherever it is that we’re playing. Being in nature is also a way for me to connect to a place and a people. It allows me to think about the histories of particular places and particular locations and notice the importance of the moments where we are in the world. Nature is a very important aspect of my artistry. I definitely have a practice of, I’d say, spirit walking.“- Luke Stewart. ‘Unknown Rivers’ out now on Pi Recordings.

#lukestewart #unknownrivers #lukestewartsilttrio #briansettles #traecrudup #chadtaylor #jonathanfinlayson #tomasfujiwara #roulette #rouletteintermedium #pirecordings #music #art #jazz #improvisedmusic #postgenre #postgenremedia #postgenremusic #interview

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“Common denominators are always there, no matter the style or tradition. If you put on the radio, what makes you move your head or tap your foot to what you hear? I feel those are the elements that we can all connect to. Since I was a kid, I have been fascinated with that idea. I think instinctual elements, groove, and rhythm are all very embedded in all of us. I call those elements common denominators from all styles of music, and they can bridge any gap. They are what make us react to music regardless of the style. I often try to find those elements that could connect all different styles and put them all together into one piece.”- Patricia Brennan

Septet record, ‘Breaking Stretch,’ out 9/6 on Pyroclastic Records.

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https://postgenre.org/common-denominators-patricia-brennan/

“Making an album with Nascimento is a dream come true for spalding, and with how impressive Milton + esperanza is, it definitely sounds like one.” - Brian Kiwanuka

Check out Brian Kiwanuka’s review of Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding’s ‘Milton + esperanza’, out now on Concord

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https://postgenre.org/review-milton-esperanza/

“I think when you look at the elements, the ingredients, of [Return to Forever’s] music, they are things that people still appreciate. People admire the virtuosic nature of the music. I’ve seen that admiration even by guys who are into completely different types of music. They look at something like Return to Forever and can see accomplishment. Return to Forever has a compositional element to it, but also a jam band quality, and I think people react to that.” - Stanley Clarke

Read the second part of our conversation with Stanley Clarke. N•4EVER will be performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on Saturday, August 3, 2024.

Photo credit: Matt Lorentzen

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