From the Jazz Composers Collective to Peace Pipe and Medicine Wheel, bassist/composer Ben Allison has been a force in creative jazz for over a decade. Joined by two Medicine Wheel veterans, drummer ...

Sean Penn, who lends his name, voice and political aura to “Witch Hunt,” dedicates the documentary to the thousands of Americans wrongfully imprisoned today. It’s a well-meaning but rather frustrating ...

Cowboy Justice sticks to the basics. Each tune opens with a repeated riff that is then accented by the other instruments, heavy on layered harmonies. Ben Allison is one of the founding members of the ...