How many UC Berkeley English majors are leading jazz-rock bands capable of attracting top talent and filling venerable jazz venues? Not many, we can only guess, but Jenny Scheinman is doing just that with Mischief and Mayhem, her genre-bending quartet that also includes Wilco's Nels Cline...
Earlier this year, Margaret Glaspy released a two-song 7" via her new label ATO. She just announced that she'll be releasing her debut album Emotions and Math on June 17 and shared the title track off it. She also added several tour dates.
The improvisationally-oriented Undead Music Festival is back for another year, happening May 1 - 5 in NYC. The fest, which has expanded beyond its jazz beginnings, overlaps a bit with Red Bull Music Academy's NYC takeover that begins on Sunday (4/28)...