Black Unity Trio saxophonist Yusuf Mumin discusses his music and inspirations, with an accompanying playlist including a Black Unity Trio composition newly remastered for the reissue of their legendary 1969 Al-Fatihah album, released on 27 November 2020 by Gotta Groove Records. By Yusuf Mumin, edited by Pierre Crépon.

The New York composer selects tracks from his vast discography

The Cleveland, Ohio based vocalist and musician will release her new album Nothing via Austin label (iN) Sect

The Berlin based artist and producer shares a new work as part of his exploration of ambient environments based on Black experience and radical thinking

Two radio operas by the composer will be released on vinyl via New York’s Fridman Gallery

Electro showman and mic provocateur shares an unreleased sound piece created from recordings of state funded orchestras

“Ray is a reflection of summer months in lockdown with its extreme highs and lows,” says the UK based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist

Hear Raed Yassin and Paed Conca lead their collective through a live performance in Sharjah, UAE

The US trumpeter shares a selection of tracks from her discography, as well as a new video explaining her latest album Supersense

The Wire contributor Noel Meek selects tracks from the New Zealand label's back catalogue

Compiled from the playlists of working at home Wire staff during the making of our November 2020 issue

Exclusive first listen to a new solo piano work by the Sydney based improvisor

Kate Carr shares tracks from brand new and forthcoming releases to mark her imprint’s first century

The South African jazz collective will release UPRIZE! via Mushroom Hour Half Hour

The UK multimedia performer compiles a playlist of tracks that explore the idea of vices, a prominent theme of her forthcoming EP Drone

The Wire 440 cover stars share a track from their forthcoming album Swirling

The New York based composer-performer collective will officially release the specially commissioned work in 2021

Ahead of Arts For Art's 2020 edition of their annual New York jazz festival, organisers William Parker and Patricia Nicholson Parker share recordings from past editions

Lost And Found is the second release by the quartet led by violist Jessica Pavone

The composer's latest album Fischgeist was recorded in a former water tank in Berlin