Thursday, October 30, 2008

Yes, some respect for David Sanborn

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Playing up until a few minutes ago: Disc 6 of The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton What can I say about it? Nothing right now. ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Coping devices

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If I listened to Anthony Braxton's For Alto album every morning while getting ready for work, maybe I'd have a better outlook on th...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

October update

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Geez, I didn't mean to be away for so long. Since I last wrote, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa came to Pittsburgh for the International...
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Friday, September 05, 2008

A talk with Bernard Stollman of ESP

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Alfred Lion, Neshui Ertegun, Orrin Keepnews - all started record labels that released records that shaped musical history. (Blue Note, Atlan...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Shanley online

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Some of my recent reviews for Blurt can be found here: http://www.blurt-online.com/reviews/view/353/ This should take you to the ZuZu's ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Bloodcount - Seconds

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Bloodcount - Seconds (Screwgun) I figured this set would generate a little more fanfare upon its release. Bloodcount was one of the more exc...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

The year is 1988. The band is Animal Time

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Playing right now: Bill Coles - Proverbs for Sam (It's been quite some time since I've been able to list something here) So I did ta...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

The man behind the music

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Tonight I'm going to talk to Bernard Stollman, of ESP Records. I could probably throw questions at him all night, but I'm going to t...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Giuseppi Lives!

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I just received a message today from the fine folks at ESP who say that Giuseppi Logan is still alive and well. After having posted about so...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Giuseppi Logan re-examined

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I got on the press list for the rejuvenated ESP label and received a package of discs in the mail a couple of weeks ago. In addition to rei...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

You know you're a Grade A jazz geek when....

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....you listen to a CD/record and think, "Hmm, this must've been recorded before 1957 because Coltrane hasn't really developed ...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Where've I been?

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I get a comment - a real live comment, commenting on something I said in one of these entries - and yet I ignore it and retreat for about a ...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

However....

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I feel like I should say that I find Earwig , Blake Babies' first album, to be very good set of songs.
Saturday, July 05, 2008

Oh, boy, Shanley's cranky again

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After I posted the previous entry, I wrote a few reviews for Blurt as promised. One was the latest Juliana Hatfield album, How to Walk Away...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Make It Rain

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Jennie and I went to see Tom Waits in Columbus on Saturday night. We didn't realize until we got to our seats that we WERE IN THE FIRST ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Rambling thoughts

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Playing right now: David Murray Black Saint Quartet - Sacred Ground In keeping with my tradition of buying new albums six months after their...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Kawasaki............

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Yesterday, I finally remembered to check youtube to see if there was a posting of the classic '70s commercial for Kawasaki with the ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Baby D Digs Braxton, sort of

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This past Sunday, my son Donovan went to his first live music performance. It was a unique one to be sure, at a unique venue. He and I went ...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

I don't like that message. It's too scary.

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Playing right now: "One Less Bell To Answer" (Maybe he wouldn't've left if she served something other than fried eggs once...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Hey La, hey la, hey la, hey laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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I wondered if I would lose it when the New Pornographers hit that rousing coda in "The Bleeding Heart Show" on Saturday at the Car...