Some of the most exciting jazz albums to listen to are those that try to strike a middle ground between the mainstream and the Avant-garde. One such example is Archie Shepp’s Fire Music: an ...

In 2022, it is widely accepted that, when free jazz (aka the New Thing) was in its ascent in New York in the 1960s, there was, despite superficial appearances, no fundamental incompatibility between ...

KJ Apa has a lot in common with his Riverdale character Archie. They're both athletes, for instance, and they're both musicians — but the latter comparison is a shallow one, KJ recently told The Last.