The music of The Microscopic Septet was the sound of jazz in 20th C. America: all of it, from Ellington to Ayler, bebop to Zorn, Dixieland to experimental, captured in a microcosm. It distilled the ...

A nearly brassless little big band and a guitarless R&B group all at the same time, the Microscopic Septet was to the 1980s New York Downtown scene something of what the Art Ensemble of Chicago was to ...

The leader of the Sydney-based Greasy Chicken Orchestra, saxophonist and composer Philip Johnston, is doubtlessly most famous for serving as co-leader of the Microscopic Septet.

The music of The Microscopic Septet was the sound of jazz in 21st Century America: all of it, from Ellington to Ayler, bebop to Zorn, Dixieland to experimental, captured in a microcosm. It distills ...

The theme music to NPR's "Fresh Air" is smart and accessible, its melody punctuated by tricky harmonies and unexpected overtones, its shuffling rhythm hard-swung. It suits Terry Gross's graceful and ...

Dec. 11: During its eighties and early-nineties heyday, the saxophone-heavy Microscopic Septet drew on a cache of inspired improvisers and two of the era’s most sophisticated and stylistically ...

May 2: The Microscopic Septet. During its heyday, in the eighties and early nineties, the saxophone-heavy group drew on a cache of inspired improvisers and on two of the era’s most sophisticated and ...

Monk’s music deserves to be interpreted by artists who know what a funny bone feels like, and this longstanding outfit has never been at a loss for a grin or three. So no wonder their new Friday the ...