Saturday, September 28, 2013

MacArthur Genius Grant Award - The Masses Gripe

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Playing right now: Living By Lanterns The good news is I accidentally figured out that all my music IS on my phone and ready to play. This ...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Waste of Time

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Playing right now: Matthew Shipp - Piano Sutras Every morning I've tried to get up early and do my usual thing of getting some writing...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

CD Review: Mary Halvorson Septet- Illusionary Sea

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Mary Halvorson Septet Illusionary Sea (Firehouse 12) www.firehouse12.com , After recording one album with her trio (bassist John  Hé...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

You Should've Seen Lina Allemano

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Lina Allemano's quartet played a great show last night at the Thunderbird. I previewed them in City Paper last week and had talked to th...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Too Late for the Show

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I was out of town in Baltimore for work until last night. It was a good time but I completely missed Mission of Burma last night. That's...
Monday, September 09, 2013

CD Review: Revolutionary Ensemble - Counterparts

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Revolutionary Ensemble Counterparts (Mutablemusic) www.mutablemusic.com From their earliest recordings in the 1970s to this - their ...
Sunday, September 08, 2013

Freedom for the moment

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It took all week but I finally finished a recap of Detroit for JazzTimes . Actually it didn't take all week, it several days. But in add...
Monday, September 02, 2013

Detroit Jazz Festival - Monday

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Well, I made the final walk of the season from Hart Plaza (where the festival stages are located) back to the Marriott. The next time I leav...
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Detroit Jazz Festival - Sunday

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Translating pop music into jazz is dangerous territory. The source material isn't always built for greater harmonic or melodic interpret...
Sunday, September 01, 2013

CD Review: John Coltrane - Sun Ship: The Complete Session

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John Coltrane Sun Ship: The Complete Sessions (Impulse!) When listening to John Coltrane’s individual albums, each stage of his ...

Detroit Jazz Festival: Saturday

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While walking up Woodward Avenue yesterday toward one of the Jazz Festival stages, a busking saxophonist was playing Dave Brubeck's ...
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Detroit Jazz Festival - Friday Night

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The “cool” jazz fan has become something of a cliché at this point in time. The laidback attitude, the mumbled thoughts, the generally subd...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

CD Review: Chris Kelsey & What I Say - The Electric Miles Project

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Chris Kelsey & What I Say The Electric Miles Project (Self-released) whatisay.org From the way Dave Liebman described his time wi...
Monday, August 19, 2013

CD Review: Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - Live at "A Space" & Roscoe Mitchell - Not Yet

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Roscoe Mitchell Quartet Live at "A Space" 1975 (Delmark/Sackville) www.delmark.com 2013 has seen the release of a few...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

CD Review: Han Bennink/Uri Caine - Sonic Boom

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Han Bennink/Uri Caine Sonic Boom (816 Music) www.uricaine.com It's kind of a surprise that no one else has spoofed the title of M...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

I H8 Radio

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Playing right now: John Coltrane - Sun Ship: The Complete Session (I thought about getting Mosaic's 3LP edition of this set because I...
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Saturday, August 03, 2013

CD Review: Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette - Somewhere

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Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette Somewhere (ECM) www.ecmrecords.com This album, and pianist Keith Jarrett in particular, ha...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Belle and Sebastian visit Highland Park

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Let's see if blogging will get the Verizon guy - now 2 hours and 22 minutes past his window of arrival time - to show up. Belle and Se...
Friday, July 05, 2013

CD Review: Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense - Moment & the Message

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Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense Moment & the Message (Pi Recordings) www.pirecordings.com Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson ...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

CD Review: Blue Cranes - Swim

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Blue Cranes Swim (Cuneiform) www.cuneiformrecords.com Portland's Blue Cranes might not be thought of as group that plays jazz, d...