This piece is an ode to Spring and reflects its flighty, unpredictable nature. It also represents the ruminating and obsessive thinking that can sometimes accompany healing. The piece moves through different feels and time signatures, all tied together by a common thread: wind.

I encountered a lot of it during the Spring months of 2022, especially as I drove across the western United States. It taught me that moving out of a dark period can feel disorienting. The sun comes out too strongly, too soon, and right when you get used to it, it flips back to an overrated frost only to be melted by uninvited rain. On a random rainy day, however, something might click. A fleeting realization, an idea, a well-timed burst of anger, a ray of sun, all blown away by a sudden gust of wind.

Such is recovery - non linear, with perhaps one or two hidden rainbows.

The form of this piece was inspired by the music of Mid-Air Thief.

Lyrics: Anna Talpe
Music: Anna Talpe and Asher Kurtz
Vocals: Anna Talpe
Electric Guitar: Asher Kurtz
Trumpet: Jake Baldwin
Drums: JP Bouvet
Engineering and Mixing: Asher Kurtz
Mastering: Alex Deturk

Cover Art and Lyric Video: Max Schieble aka @heyelbows | www.maxschieblemuseum.com
Photography: Lauren Desberg
Styling: Carly Barnette
Makeup and Hair: Megan Sutherland

Windswept

Benofonte at PIPS May 22 2023

Noirish Reveries

Organ Wolf was asked to provide live sounds and music to a screening of John Carpenter's film Escape from New York. Most of the music was improvised while the band watched the film and played along. This process led to the song “Escape To Chicago”.

Originally titled "Escape from Chicago", the name was changed to spread love for our fair city.

Escape To Chicago

blue skies

Another jaunty stroll down the avenues and alleyways of JazzTown! You may not know which neighbourhood you're in at any one time but, regardless (of direction - style/genre/origin, etc.), it's always worth exploring...

TRACKLIST:
Jo Paciello - Enter the Jazz Syndicate (Intro)
Sven Wunder - Snowdrops
Nyron Higor -Pizzicato
James Moody - Heritage Jam
Ashley Henry feat. Binker Golding - Oh la
Stefano De Santis - Roy
Krajenski - Brasilia
Tutu Puoane - River
John Gordon - Step by Step
Marcus Joseph - Challenge Day (NikNak Remix)
Joe Armon James - Hurry Up & Wait
Kaidi Tatham - Hard Times
Bryony Jarman Pinto - Willow (Birch Community Mix)
Fritz Pauer - Gratuliere-Movement A
Takeo Moriyama - Watarase
John Beltran - Laguna
Jazz Chronicles - Bologna
Sean Khan's Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble - Things Behind the Sun
Ambiance - IO/IO
Greg Foat - Novilunium
The Invisible Session - Pull The Handbrake
Audrey Powne - Interlude 2
Mad Satta - The Makings Of You
Abacothozi - Jike Sibongile
Nina Simone - Trouble In Mind

Jazz Loungin' Spring 2025

White Rabbit cover, live at the Wheaton Tent on 8-23-25. Amy Bishop on vocals, Kevin Rush on guitar, Anthony D'Agostino on bass, Andres Bautista on drums. 

White Rabbbits, Wheaton Tent 8-23-25

Danny's All Star Joint cover, live at the Wheaton Tent on 8-23-25 with improvisation trade-offs! Amy Bishop on vocals, Kevin Rush on guitar, Anthony D'Agostino on bass, Andres Bautista on drums. 

Danny’s All Stars, Wheaton Tent 8-23-25

Old-Fashion Morphine cover, live at the Wheaton Tent on 8-23-25. Amy Bishop on vocals, Kevin Rush on guitar, Anthony D'Agostino on bass, Andres Bautista on drums. 

Old Fashioned Morph Wheaton Tent 8-23-25

gorsh

Anna Talpe is a French-American singer-songwriter living in Minneapolis. Her lyrics draw from nature and blend with intricate melodies to offer a fresh and poetic sound infused with jazz, folk, indie, and alternative music.

Like so many others, I started DJing as an extension of my record collecting and partying, the main intention being to celebrate and promote the music that had become such a central part of my life. I started collecting jazz, soul and funk in my late teens and by my mid-twenties had also started DJing occasionally in various small bars and warehouse parties. I subsequently became part of (and the resident DJ for) a number of club night and party promotion teams  - WordOfMouth, RIPE, SWDeep, Strange Fruit,  FRESH! and others... 

Musically, I was increasingly drawn to the house sounds that were emerging in the late 80s and 90s. While a revelation, this stuff also sounded to me like the contemporary expression of the music I had always loved, but with a renewed commitment to inspire people to dance. 

And I figured if I gained so much enjoyment from these great tunes then others would too. I suppose all of us who enjoy playing music for others to hear (and maybe dance to) are evangelists at heart.

More recently, this has led to forays into production and the odd record release (...NUSA Records still lives!). I try not to get too hung up or limited by genres and my shelves and hard drives host an ever-widening spectrum of music. 

That said, I find I always eventually return to my roots and, in my DJing, attempt to fuse contemporary grooves with those elements of black music that got me started on this journey.

I make hip hop, pizza and my mother cry. I enjoy long walks on the beach at night, coffee, knitting and feverishly writing about conspiracy theories. HMU

4-piece swing/"jazz-adjacent" combo, Amy Bishop (vocals), Kevin Rush (guitar), Anthony D'Agostino (bass), Andy Bautista (drums)

**ALL R-MEX TRACKS FREE DOWNLOAD**
R-MEX  says - From the outset the idea was to develop a unique voice if that was possible.
If R-MEX sounds like anyone else that is because we all live on the same planet and in this writer's view we are all the same, only different.'
Ahmad Kadim of Sparks + Glowsticks Blog says ' I’ve heard a lot from people that they immediately fell in love with Thievery Corporation (...) I’ve been hopping around trying to find songs/artists that could reach their ideal mix of grooving tunes, subtle melodies, and mellow basslines. After a surprisingly long search, I listened to these songs by R-MEX on his Soundcloud page, and I got hooked.
Let me just say: people talk a lot about how they like “chill music”, but these tracks are what chill actually sounds like.'

New tracks tagged #jazz adjacent