Saturday, November 09, 2019

CD Review: Jon Irabagon - Invisible Horizon

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Jon Irabagon Invisible Horizon (Irabbagast) www,jonirabagon.com Sometimes it's hard to tell if Jon Irabagon is simply one of the...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

Looking Back at the 49th Pitt Jazz Seminar

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Nicole Mitchell said, during the summer, that the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert would be shaken up this year. After Saturday night's ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

CD Reviews: William Parker/In Order to Survive & Whit Dickey/Tao Quartets

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William Parker/ In Order to Survive Live/Shapeshifter Whit Dickey Tao Quartets Peace Planet/Box of Light (AUM Fidelity) www....
Friday, October 25, 2019

Rova Saxophone Quartet's show in Pittsburgh

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Steve Adams Bruce Ackley, Jon Raskin Larry Ochs The Rova Saxophone Quartet returned to Pittsburgh for the first time in 2...
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The Most Expensive Album I've Ever Bought

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I've written a few entries where I expressed my feelings about why original copies of albums can have convey more excitement than a rei...
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

CD Review: Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell - The Adornment of Time

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Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell The Adornment of Time (Pi) www.pirecordings.com This statement could probably have been in any o...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Ravi Coltrane and Mike Watt In Pittsburgh Within Days of Each Other

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On October 5, the Ravi Coltrane Quartet blew into town. It marked the first time that the saxophonist came to town with his own band. He ap...
Saturday, October 05, 2019

John Coltrane, Meet the New Pornographers. New Pornographers, Meet John Coltrane

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Last Friday was a banner day for album releases. In terms of popular creative music, you'd arguably be hard pressed to find two acts...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Oliver Lake, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda & Barry Altschul at Alphabet City

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I went out of order again, posting about the Steve Lehman Trio's Sunday night show before talking about the OGJB Quartet show which h...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Steve Lehman Trio in Cleveland

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I've been a fan of Steve Lehman since I heard his 2009 album Travail, Transformation and Flow . The alto saxophonist recorded it wi...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

CD Review: Russ Lossing - Motian Music

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Russ Lossing Motian Music (Sunnyside) www.sunnysiderecords.com This album came out in the early part of the year, and I've been l...
Wednesday, September 04, 2019

CD Review: Ben Goldberg - Good Day for Cloud Fishing

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Ben Goldberg Good Day for Cloud Fishing (Pyroclastic) www.pyroclasticrecords.com Ben Goldberg has incorporated poetry into his music...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Three Shows and a Tribute

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The end of another month has come and I'm feeling deficient in blog posts. It seems like when I'm at work or in the car driving some...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

CD Review: Anthony Braxton - Quartet (New Haven) 2014

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Anthony Braxton Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (Firehouse 12) www.firehouse12.com A recent article about Anthony Braxton that appeared on R...