Thursday, February 28, 2013

CD Review: Kramer - The Brill Building

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Kramer The Brill Building (Tzadik) www.tzadik.com This review is going to include a lot of me, at least in the beginning. You see, Kr...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Suzanne Vega, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, One Night

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Monday was a great night for music. The evening started at Club Cafe where Suzanne Vega was playing two shows. I attended the first show, at...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

CD Review: Barry Altschul - The 3dom Factor

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Barry Altschul The 3dom Factor (TUM) www.tumrecords.com Robert Wyatt once said that every time he hears a new record, he wants to hea...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

CD Review: Chris Potter - The Sirens

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Chris Potter The Sirens (ECM) www.ecmrecords.com There have been moments during the last few Chris Potter albums where it's been ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

On Allison Miller, Kevin Ayers, Chris Potter

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Finally! I'm finally back online, 100%. Monday morning our internet connection was going on and off, on when the PC went into sleep mode...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

CD Review: Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net

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Until March 5, there was an obtuse review here, but I've since revised it and given it to Blurt  for them to run. I'll post a li...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Ken Stringfellow in Pittsburgh

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Playing right now: JD Allen Trio - The Matador and the Bull. (I bought this CD about 10 days ago during a binge at Sound Cat and didn't...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Monday recap

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Yesterday I saw more writing action/preparation than I feel like I have in years. 9:00: Drop the boy off at school 9:30: Interview trombo...
Friday, February 01, 2013

RIPs

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Playing right now: Curtis Hasselbring - Number Stations (Cuneiform) Before January even ended, there were a few RIPs to acknowledge. Jayne...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

CD Review: Ben Holmes Quartet - Anvil of the Lord

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Ben Holmes Quartet Anvil of the Lord (Skirl) www.skirlrecords.com You never know when you're going to cross paths with random mus...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Music that I Play Sounds Like...

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Playing right now: a recording of the Love Letters show at Club Cafe, made a week ago last Friday It says it in a couple places here on th...
Friday, January 25, 2013

CD Review: Jason Robinson - Tiresian Symmetry

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Jason Robinson Tiresian Symmetry (Cuneiform) www.cuneiformrecords.com This is the time of year when I usually hit upon albums that I c...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Quickie

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Playing right now: The Mau Maus - Scorched Earth Policies: Then & Now Harrison Bankhead's Kickstarter project was successfully fun...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Jeff Mangum review, new sax in town, Harrison Bankhead Kickstart

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Blurt published my Jeff Mangum review yesterday. You can find it here , along with some video links although I would like to go on record a...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Jeff Mangum and Jazz Critic's Polls

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Jeff Mangum played in Pittsburgh two nights ago, and it was one of those rare instances where the evening was exactly what I would had hoped...
Monday, January 07, 2013

CD Reviews: The Whammies and Jeb Bishop/Jorrit Dykstra

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  The Whammies Play the Music of Steve Lacy (Driff) www.driffrecords.com   Next to Paul Motian, Steve Lacy might be the one ins...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

Where Did the Time Go?

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Well here we are, nearly a week into 2013 and I've taken something of a vacation for the blog. Or so it seemed. I decided it's bette...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

CD Review: Marc Riordan Quartet - Binoculars

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Marc Riordan Quartet Binoculars (Club Nerodia) www.marcriordan.bandcamp.com Anyone familiar with Marc Riordan's name outside of C...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

CD Review: Iron Dog - Interactive Rock Album

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Iron Dog Interactive Album Rock (Phase Frame) irondogmusic.com Poetry and jazz make strange and often wrongheaded bedfellows. Like co...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Thinning the Pile

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Now that it's getting to the end of the year, the mailbox isn't filling up with promotional CDs. That means I finally have time to c...