Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader The harp has always been an oddity in jazz music. Its two most notable practitioners, Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby, were most active decades ago; both musicians had roots in postbop forms and found fascinating ways to translate the cascading sounds associated with the classical instrument into rhythmically elastic settings—though each … Read More
CHICAGO READER: Brandee Younger Picks Up the Torch of Jazz Harp Pioneers for the Hip-Hop Generation
