Spring 2022

Preludes: Percussionist-composer Adam Rudolph recently released a new album titled Resonant Bodies (Meta) with his Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra, which comprises a slew of remarkable guitarists: Nels Cline, Liberty Ellman and Joel Harrison among others. Examining the sonic possibilities of nine guitarists utilizing various effects pedals, Rudolph attempts to expand the sounds of typical guitar ensembles as well as the typical hierarchies of orchestral music. By Shaun Brady Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith adds to his long discography of duo recordings with his new four-disc box set, Emerald Duets (TUM), in which he duets with a remarkable slate of adventurous drummers: Pheeroan akLaff, Han Bennink, Andrew Cyrille and Jack DeJohnette. By Neil Tesser Paul Motian was a truly one-of-a-kind artist. His drumming and compositions are hallmarks of the modern-jazz era, and he was a quirky character who, in his later years, rarely left New York City. Director Michael Patrick Kelly talks about his new