N.Con.C.-structured cornetist Kirk Knuffke can be an daring, forward-thinking artist using a bent toward avant-garde improvisation and contemporary innovative jazz. A indigenous of Colorado, Knuffke researched with trumpeter Ron Mls and pianist Artwork Lande before relocating to NEW YORK in 2005. After that, he has gained a popularity as both …

The jazz avant-garde has produced a large number of notable improvisers (and in addition, since improvisation is arguably the music’s defining element) but relatively few great composers. Henry Threadgill is certainly a member of this exclusive club. Along with his fellow Chicagoans Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams, he’s perhaps …

Singer/songwriter Adam Angell started his music profession in the Portland, OR, indie rock and roll scene through the early ’90s. He was area of the pop group Nero’s Rome, which released the record Togetherly in 1995 and disbanded after not just one, but two major-label offers dropped through. Bitterly disappointed, …