Tuesday, June 29, 2010

CD Review: Giuseppi Logan Quintet

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The Giuseppi Logan Quintet (Tompkins Square) Giuseppi Logan's tone on tenor and alto saxophone was pretty raw and thin back in the...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Other stuff I wrote & "Mark your calendar" info

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All the CD reviews here on the blog focus mainly on jazz, but that's because I've written about the rock and the roll for other plac...
Friday, June 25, 2010

CD review: Chicago Underground Duo - Boca Negra

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Chicago Underground Duo Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey) Bill Dixon's death made me think about the Chicago Underground Duo, specifically thei...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Perfect Pitch?

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Sunday night, Jennie asked me how good I was at hearing pitches and knowing what notes they were. She blew on an empty water bottle and I gu...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Bill Dixon, RIP

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...or should I call this entry, "Here's one of those entries where I get maudlin again." (By the way, playing right now: Chica...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

CD Review: Kenny Dorham - The Flamboyan, Queens, NY 1963

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Kenny Dorham The Flamboyan, Queens, NY 1963 (Upfront) During the late '80/early '90s, we college radio geeks had different perspecti...
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Sunday, June 06, 2010

Love Letters at Irma Freeman Center

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On Friday, work was pretty busy and felt like a constant game of Beat the Clock. If that wasn't enough, I got there nice and early, only...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

What the thought of death brings out in me

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It's been a strange week. And it's only Wednesday. I was driving around yesterday when I heard on the radio that Hank Jones died. Al...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

CD review: Rempis/Rosaly - Cyrillic

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Rempis/Rosaly Cyrillic (482 Music) Horn and drum duo sets can explore any number of different formats: balls to the wall honking, screechin...
Thursday, May 06, 2010

Love Letters latest show

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Just got back a little bit ago from a Love Letters gig. We played at Rock 'n Bowl, which takes place at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville. ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Tonight in the jukebox

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Playing right now: Hafez Modirzadeh - Dandelion (bought it at his show last week.) Tonight's listening pleasure included: Liz Phair'...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

CD Review: Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Stories and Negotiations

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Mike Reed's People, Places & Things Stories and Negotiations (482 Music) Even when some of those Chicago guys pay homage to past mas...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Part two

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There was an article in the Post-Gazette previewing the ElSaffar/Modirzadeh show, where ElSaffar mentioned that most of the suites that he a...
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Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh

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On Saturday night the Andy Warhol Museum presented a performance by trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh, two amaz...

Record Store Day, after the fact

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Playing right now: Dave Holland Octet - Pathways I missed Record Store again this year because I had to work on Saturday, per usual. At 6 p....
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Another crazy record from my past

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Last night there was a record fair, of sorts, at Belvedere's in Lawrenceville. It reminded me of the record fairs that I attended in the...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Dig - it's Harry Babasin!

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Sometimes I get the idea in my head that I need to find a certain record (it's usually a record; rarely a CD) for no other reason than I...
Monday, April 05, 2010

...and while we're speaking of the Verlaines

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In the time that I didn't blog over the last month, I've had more and more cravings for albums that I listened to 20-some years ago....
Sunday, April 04, 2010

On being a writer

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Playing right now: Satoko Fujii's Mado - Desert Ship I was emailing with a fellow music writer a few days ago. This is a guy who's b...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

CD review: Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord - Accomplish Jazz

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Jon Lundbom& Big Five Chord Accomplish Jazz (Hot Cup) "Truncheon" starts off Accomplish Jazz with an opening line th...