Eero Savela

Born: January 31, 1977

• Eero Savela is a Finnish trumpeter known for a versatile career in music and performing arts since around 2000. He often engages in interdisciplinary collaborations that blend sound with dance, circus, theater, and other creative expressions.

• His musical roots are in free improvisation, jazz, world music, and a wide array of rhythmic styles. He performs both as a soloist and a member of wind sections

Karen Borca, Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, & Albert Beger

by Maurice Hogue
July 8, 2024

This episode finds itself in a lot of different nooks and crannies of creative improvised music; there's the bassoon of Karen Borca, often considered the pioneer of that instrument in jazz, on a never-heard-before album, there's meditative yet free collaboration between two long time friends and members the AACM, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Amina ...

David Sanborn, Alan Braufman & Tahmela Six

by Maurice Hogue
June 18, 2024

David Sanborn's passing really stirred up a lot of memories of top-down cruisin' on the road, stereo blasting, and a lot of good times. So much has been written about David, and I can only add how much I loved that sound--you knew it right off--and his ability to play in any context. Rock on' David ...