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‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres A new box set showcases Julius Hemphill’s work as a composer, saxophonist and flutist on the boundary between jazz and classical styles. “The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony,” issued by New World Records and named after one of Julius Hemphill’s touring projects, shows how thoroughly he adapted and reinvigorated his early influences.Credit...George Rose/Getty Images By Seth Colter Walls Published Feb. 5, 2021U...

Michael & Peter Formanek – Dyads (Out Of Your Head): “Michael and Peter Formanek started making music and improvising together before Peter started school. Regular visits to their home from friends and colleagues like Tim Berne, Jim Black, Marty Ehrlich and many others only served to normalize this as being an essential part of human interaction. During much of their time living in Baltimore and as Peter began to study music formally (first on guitar then on saxophones and woodwinds), it w...

If you're old enough, you might recall the comic Godfrey Cambridge from late-night television in the 1960s, when he was one of a new wave of black