Live review: Myra Melford's Splash Trio, Mark Dresser Quartet at Motivo L.A. (Jazz Refractions Fest), October 23, 2026.
Cathartic.
MetalJazz
Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
October 27, 2026
October 23, 2026
Links: L.A. performances (10/23/26).
This week: Angel City's Jazz Refractions Fest week 3 (Dresser/Melford, O'Farrill/Eisenstadt, Williams/Vandever), Lage-Medeski, Danny Janklow, Luis Conte, Mike Garson, Michael Ragonese, Childs & Wilson, Phi-Psonics, Gary Fukushima, Jeremy Pelt, VBN, Marcello Gleason, scary jazz soundtracks, Josh Johnson, Havok, Ozzy movie, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, John Scofield, Aerosmith, Castle, Vixen, more.
October 22, 2026
October 20, 2026
Live review: Mekala Session & the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Qur'an Shaheed at Sound Dhaba (Jazz Refractions Fest), October 19, 2026.
The Ark floats, nature persists; watch for lightning.
October 18, 2026
October 12, 2026
Interview: Harris Eisenstadt of Aberikula (at Sound Dhaba downtown as part of Angel City's Jazz Refractions Fest, Saturday, October 2024, 2026).
A man of many homes.
September 28, 2026
Live review: Joshua Redman Quartet, Skylar Tang Quartet at the Wallis, September 25. 2026.
Art vs. emotion.
September 15, 2026
Live review: Heart Trio (William Parker, Cooper-Moore, Hamid Drake) at Zebulon, September 13, 2026.
When being great meets the lottery.
September 3, 2026
Preview: WASP at the Wiltern, Fri. Sept. 11.
For apocalypse's sake.
August 27, 2026
Ponderilla: Missing Dolly.
The throwback who kept pushing forward.