Sunday, December 31, 2017

Christmas Break 1980

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A few years ago,  I wrote a post about Christmas 1981 , when I was a freshman in high school. It was a time of major transition for me, not ...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

The NPR Jazz Critics Poll for 2017

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By now, perhaps, all the people who care about such things have read the results of the NPR Jazz Critics Poll, who looks back on the high wa...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

CD Reviews: Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Paint / Talibam! with Matt Nelson & Ron Stabinsky - Hard Vibe/ Talibam! - Endgame of the Anthropocene

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Mostly Other People Do the Killing Paint (Hot Cup) www.hotcuprecords.com Talibam! + Matt Nelson + Ron Stabinsky Hard Vibe ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Nels Cline/Larry Ochs/Gerald Cleaver in Pittsburgh

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On Monday, December 11, Nels Cline, Larry Ochs and Gerald Cleaver blew into Pittsburgh to play two nearly hour-long sets at Spirit, an ev...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

CD Reviews: Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal - Hide Ye Idols/ Tomas Fujiwara - Triple Double

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Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal Hide Ye Idols (Loyal Label) www.loyallabel.com Tomas Fujiwara Triple Double (Firehouse 12) www.fire...
Monday, December 11, 2017

Sunny Murray - An Appreciation

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A longer version of a story that I mentioned on Facebook recently.... Dateline: June 13, 1998. In Room 322 of Duquesne University's Mu...
Thursday, December 07, 2017

Talking to Nels Cline

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I'm the lucky writer to have two pages of copy bestowed on me in the current issue of Pittsburgh City Paper . That is, everything I wrot...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

CD Review: Wadada Leo Smith- Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk/Najwa

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Wadada Leo Smith Solo: Reflections And Meditations On Monk Najwa (TUM) www.tumrecords.com Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith continues to...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Matthew Shipp Trio & Thoth Trio at the Andy Warhol Museum

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$15 for a national touring jazz group, with a strong local opener. Imagine that: $7.50 for the Matthew Shipp Trio and $7.50 for Thoth Trio....
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Sunday, November 12, 2017

DL/LP Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition - Agrima

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Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition Agrima (Rudreshm) www.rudreshm.com Speed isn't everything. Many people can play spr...
Thursday, November 09, 2017

Pere Ubu in Pittsburgh

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David Thomas waits while Michele Temple pours the foundation. "We're not legends. We're myths," David Thomas said. ...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Review of the 47th Pitt Jazz Seminar Concert - Remembering Geri Allen

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Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tia Fuller, Kenny Davis, Nicholas Payton In an interview to preview the 47th Annual Pitt Jazz Concert, Ravi Coltrane t...
Saturday, November 04, 2017

Ravi Coltrane Extras

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Last week, I was able to get some time with Ravi Coltrane, who is coming to town tonight for the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert. Most of our...

CD Review: Barry Altschul & the 3Dom Factor - Live in Krakow

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Barry Altschul & the 3Dom Factor Live in Krakow (Not Two) www.nottwo.com I once decided that I would limit myself to a hyperbolic...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017

CD Review: Black Butterflies feat. Gato Barbieri - Luisa

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The Black Butterflies ft. Gato Barbieri Luisa (Self-released) mercedesfigueras.com/release/luisa/ Mercedes Figueras reveals a few dif...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Jason Stein & Paul Giallorenzo Came to Town!

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No sooner had I posted a review of Jason Stein's Lucille album (two blog entries ago) when I got a post from Mr. Bass Clarinet himsel...