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Black-and-white abstract, blurred portrait of Brandon López playing bass.
1000 Words
Brandon López
On improvisation as composition
By Maegan Dolan
Wadada Leo Smith notebook
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MUSIC OF THE MIND
On Wadada Leo Smith’s “Ankhrasmation” scores
King Britt.
Music
Teaching Techno
King Britt’s “Blacktronika,” Waajeed’s Underground Music Academy, and the future of Black electronic music pedagogy
By Piotr Orlov
Charli XCX.
Music
Green is the Brattest Color
On Charli XCX’s soundtrack to the season
By Bradford Nordeen
André 3000.
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One Nation Under a Flute
How the community around André 3000’s New Blue Sun is mapping today’s jazz diaspora
By Piotr Orlov
Raven Chacon
SOUND
AURAL HISTORY
Raven Chacon at the Swiss Institute
Cauleen Smith, The Wanda Coleman Songbook (detail), 2024, still from the 4K four-channel video com-ponent (color, sound, 27 minutes 13 seconds) of a mixed-media installation additionally comprising a 12-inch vinyl record, a record player, a console table, scent, cucolorises, couches, and rugs.
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LA BLUES
Cauleen Smith’s lyrical immersion in the poetry of Wanda Coleman
Christian Wolff.
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GOODBYE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The quiet metamorphoses of Christian Wolff
By David Grundy
L’Rain in 2023.
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INSIDE TRACKS
L’Rain’s intimate, unnameable sound
By Daniel Felsenthal
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