For a record label, eleven releases in five years might not seem to amount to much. But the eleven releases so far on Red Hook Records—one gem after another—amount to a substantial contribution to 21st century jazz. So far, the label has documented some of the contemporary greats, like Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, and Jason Moran, and […]
Day: November 10, 2026
Wiggly Air
ucker up and kiss. There was an argument back 50 years ago or so, when the Sex Pistols were preparing to release their first album, that putting out an LP was bourgeois and out of reach of fans. Unemployment was soaring, the very conditions that sparked the initial punk explosion, and poverty was rampant, especially among the youth. Even if […]