Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Chad Taylor & the 54th Pitt Jazz Seminar & Concert

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The Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert is synonymous with the turning of the leaves. Created by the late Dr. Nathan Davis in 1970, the annual eve...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

CD Review: Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus - Flip Side

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Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus Flip Side (Lumo Records) Bandcamp link Andrea Parkins joins the trio of Lina Allemano (trumpet), Dan Peter ...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Jason Stein - Anchors

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Jason Stein Anchors (TAO Forms) www.aumfidelity.com/collections/tao-forms   The review that appeared here originally is now on its way to th...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

For Tito, Sergio and Mr. Jones

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When I first starting dreaming about starting a band as a young kid, the instrument that I wanted to play was guitar. My dad's upright b...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

CD Review: Miles Okazaki - Miniature America

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Miles Okazaki Miniature America (Cygnus) cygnusrecordings.bandcamp.com "In the context of the road trip, it seems that Miniature Americ...
Monday, August 19, 2024

LP Review: Harold Land - The Fox

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Harold Land The Fox (Contemporary/Craft)  craftrecordings.com/products/the-fox-contemporary-records-acoustic-sounds-series-180g-lp The Acous...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

CD Reviews: Luke Stewart Silt Trio - Unknown Rivers / Kim Cass - Levs

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Pi Recordings recently released two albums under the leadership of two different bassists. Both meet the level of expectation and adventure ...
Monday, August 12, 2024

Talkin' Velvet Monkeys On Another Blog

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Velvet Monkeys. Back: Elaine Barnes. Front: Charles Steck, Don Fleming, Jay "The Rummager" Spiegel In addition to this space, I co...
Wednesday, August 07, 2024

LP Review: Pernice Brothers - Who Will You Believe

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Pernice Brothers Who Will You Believe (New West) NewWestRecords.com During frequent listens to Pernice Brothers albums like Yours, Mine and ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

A Talk With Micky Dolenz

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Monkees enthusiasts can likely recall a scene from the episode of the show called "The Monstrous Monkee Mash." While Mike Nesmith,...
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

CD Review: Jason Stein/Marilyn Crispell/Damon Smith/Adam Shead - spi-ralling horn

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Jason Stein/Marilyn Crispell/ Damon Smith/ Adam Shead spi-ralling horn (Balance Point Acoustics/ Irritable Mystic) irritablemysticrecords.ba...
Monday, July 08, 2024

CD Review: Travis Reuter - Quintet Music

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Travis Reuter Quintet Music (self-released) www.travisreuter.com or travisreuter.bandcamp.com/album/quintet-music Birds of Fire was the fi...
Friday, June 21, 2024

Dish It Out: Remembering James Chance

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The Contortions, on the No New York compilation. Chance is pictured top left. Before John Zorn, before Eric Dolphy, before even Charlie Park...