Asher Gamedze is a jazz drummer from South Africa, who would not actually class himself as specifically of the jazz genre, but then Asher is a philosopher who is intent on viewing the wider picture and considering all avenues. His new album, Turbulence and Pulse (May 5, 2023), follows his 2020 debut, Dialectic Soul, asking many questions, mainly concerning time. Asher’s main concern is that time is ever moving (this we know), with no beginning and no end, so where do we fit into that? His music, despite what Asher claims, is distinctly jazz and is rooted (in my ears) in the realms of the Blue Note artists of the 1950s and ’60s. His band echoes the likes of Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie, yet still sounds contemporary and urgent enough to matter hugely. It is worth noting ho...