This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Meredith Monk’s wondrous new work, “Weave,” performed by the Los Angeles ...

One of the quiet revelations of "Meredith Monk: The Recordings" (ECM New Series) is that Monk herself confides that it was Janis Joplin who set her –and her voice– free. The 13-CD set chronicles the ...

I like all instruments as long as they're played right. Just over a month later Monk recorded more music for Blue Note, but hired twenty-two-year-old Sahib Shihab (Edmund Gregory) on alto and ...

Last year's CD of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk's 1957 appearance at Carnegie Hall was a highlight of the year's jazz releases. This year, Concord/Fantasy has issued a two-disc set called ...