shanleyonmusic

I'm what you'd call a music enthusiast. Not one of those obsessive people, but definitely fanatical about it. This blog began as a forum for whatever I am listening to throughout the day but I'm also trying to include full-blown CD reviews too.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

CD Review: Jon Irabagon - The Observer

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Jon Irabagon The Observer (Concord) Jon Irabagon cleans up good. That is to say, after hearing and seeing him exploit all the sonic potentia...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

CD Review: Josh Berman - Old Idea

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Josh Berman Old Idea (Delmark) Delmark, that Chicago institution of a record label, has been documenting a newer generation of Windy City im...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

W'oh! Mo Joe Mo(rris)

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I think I spoke too soon. When I reviewed Joe Morris' album Wildlife (AUM Fidelity) in the October issue of JazzTimes , I opined that Mo...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

CD Review: Digital Primitives- Hum Crackle and Pop

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Digital Primitives Hum Crackle and Pop (Hopscotch) A few Saturdays ago, Digital Primitives came to town and played Garfield Artworks. Not to...
Monday, October 19, 2009

The Love Letters' official debut

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Playing right now: Three Dog Night - Suitable for Framing (I don't care what anyone says, those guys could sing like mother^%&*ers. ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

New things on the Beatles' White Album.

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Playing right now: The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (the same copy that I bought when I was in third grade. Basically a throwaway album, it ne...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009

I'm telling you, the Monkees knew what they talking about

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Today I turn 42 years old. Every so often, especially since Donovan was born, I tend to look back on things in my life and reassess them. I ...
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Saturday, October 03, 2009

CD Review: Chris Potter Underground

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Chris Potter Underground Ultrahang ( ArtistShare ) Stephen Byram's cover art is pretty distinctive. It often has a work-in-progress look...
Friday, October 02, 2009

What do the Dagons think?

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Last week I bought the Vivian Girls' latest album Everything Goes Wrong . I've read a lot about them, and they even came to the Warh...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Most expensive record ever?

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Ok, brothers and sisters, explain this to me. Click on the link to eBay here. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2504966...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Four

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Playing right now: Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib (The 1990 CD issue. I just noticed a lot of hiss during Clark's piano solo during ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Three

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Playing right now: Fred Anderson Trio - Live at the Velvet Lounge Typically I'd say that only a fool would leave a brunch early, after j...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Conley talks, Love Letters debut

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Yesterday was quite the music day for me. First of all, I got to interview Mission of Burma bassist Clint Conley, for an article that I'...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day Two

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After checking out a panel discussion on Elvin Jones, it was time to check out another Jones - Sean. I've seen him play numerous times i...

Detroit- The Motown Museum

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It didn't hit me until we were in the makeshift theater that I was actually sitting in the building where all the classic Motown singles...

Intermission

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The upcoming posts will focus more on the music, I promise.
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival- Day One

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It's been eight days since my adventure at the Detroit International Jazz Festival began, but it's taken that long for all the thoug...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Detroit International Jazz Festival

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Just got back today from Detroit. Too much to say and one post won't cut it. But I'll start with one of the final moments. Ran into ...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Yes, you read correctly......

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In case you missed the off-hand reference in the last posting, I am finally playing in a band again. And not just as a support player, like ...

Number One Cup - an appreciation

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The only way I am going to be productive, I've decided, is get to bed early and get up early before everyone else, and do things like bl...
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shanleymusic
UPDATED - 3/1/24. (This update is LONG overdue!) I've lived in Pittsburgh all my life. It's a good town. Come and see it. Although most of my writing here covers jazz - in particular, the more avant-garde or envelope pushing type - I've played bass in indie rock bands and like to write about that kind of music too. Currently I'm in the Harry Von Zells, Our album, Play It Backwards, came out in Spring '23. Beyond that, I won't list my whole musical past but I should mention my first band, Bone of Contention because I occasionally hear from people who are trying to find the song "Barbie Likes to Die" from our first album - which was rereleased digitally. Our whole catalog (and the HVZ album) are on Bandcamp on the Igor Records page. As a music scribe, I've contributed and edited for nearly every alt-weekly in town. Nationally I contribute to the New York City Jazz Record and spent about 20 years at JazzTimes. I am also a member of the Jazz Journalists Association.
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