One nice spring day in May 2024, trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and his band—a distinctive lineup of pianist Sam Harris, drummer Justin Brown, After a near-death experience, trumpet innovator ...

Bill Frisell has fine-tuned the tension in his life. That’s not to suggest his existence is somehow fraught — far from it; his demeanor is contemplative, avuncular, searching — but rather the ...