Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Charlie Hunter

Jazz Master

New and Improv'd

The music of Tent/City has gone to pots and pans

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)

Live (Evidence)

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Charlie Hunter Quartet

Songs From the Analog Playground (Blue Note)

Eccentricities

While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

Alive and Kicking

Despite being entombed in the recent PBS series, Gumbo shows why jazz is very much alive and well with a fine batch of new releases

Bop the Question

Drawing insight from the month's best in jazz, blues and heritage, Gumbo answers readers' nagging queries

Giant Steps

New Rhino reissues illuminate the bold leaps of '60s jazz heavyweights

Shango-La

Pulling influence from Cobain as well as Coltrane, Charlie Hunter leads the charge for alt. generation jazz

COMPILE DRIVERS ARIZONA MUSICIANS SHINE ON THREE NEW, DIVERSE COLLECTIONS

Pulling influence from Cobain as well as Coltrane, Charlie Hunter leads the charge for alt. generation jazz

MINGUS AMONG US

BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.