Bill Bruford , former drummer for Yes and King Crimson, chats with Carl F Gauze about the differences between rock and jazz, the recent RIAA case ruling, and his supposed retirement.

S D Green catches up with the sensational Ben Lamar from hip-hop-blues-brazilian band Juba Dance to discuss how fruit can be music, and how porpoises can be clever.

Shelton Hull finds there is much to learn in this collection of conversations with the enigmatic and innovative trumpeter, not nearly as reticient with interviewers as legend has it.

The Spoon (SYJIP). Review by Chris Catania.

With catchy lyrics and humble attitude, the guys of Fat City Reprise are on their way to something big. Brittany Sturges hangs with the guys in the studio.

PBS contributors assemble eyewitness accounts and flash photography to give an overlooked West Coast jazz scene its day in the sun, and their Harlem of the West makes Matthew Moyer a happy kid indeed in the eye candy store.

Shelton Hull eagerly devours reissues of lesser-known work by the jazz titans Coltrane, Ellington, and Mingus. What’s left to do then but riff, baby, riff!

Monk Round The World (Hyena/Thelonious). Review by Ben Varkentine.

In the Fishtank (Konkurrent). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Unlistenable (Zero To One). Review by Rob Walsh.

Sustain (Thirsty Ear). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Various Artists (Verve). Review by Kurt Channing.

Various Artists (Label M). Review by Bill Campbell.

The ubiquitous trombonist has finally busted out with his first solo record, Cherry. Now Josh Roseman talks to Matt Cibula about what it’s like to be a “sex symbol rock-star trombone player.”

Vivid (Flying Note). Review by Nirav Soni.

Destroy All Nels Cline (Atavistic). Review by Nirav Soni.