Irreversible Entanglements refuses to make ‘safe’ free jazz — and the genre is better for it

It would be impossible to describe Camae Ayewa in a single word. She is a poet, musician, activist, sound designer, organizer, curator, visual artist and Afrofuturist visionary. But above all, she is unapologetically herself. Known professionally as Moor Mother, Ayewa has released over half a dozen solo albums and collaborated with artists like Billy Woods, []