For whatever combination of reasons, from geography to stylistic restlessness, the breadth and depth of 84 year old woodwind virtuoso Bennie Maupin’s work have long been underappreciated. His playing is at times simple and at times cerebral and complex, at times emotionally uninhibited and at times patient and restrained, at times presented in highly modern…

Saxophonist George Coleman turns 90 today, and what a gift that he still graces our presence! If his only claim to fame were his couple years of creative, soulful, and muscular contributions to the burgeoning 1960s Miles Davis Quintet, that would be enough to go down in the history books, but of course his hundreds…