Saturday, August 29, 2020

CD Review: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin'

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Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Just Coolin'  (Blue Note) www.bluenote.com In some ways, it's hard to believe that a prime Art ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

My ESP-Disk' Article Is Online Now

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I've been writing for JazzTimes  for almost 19 years and, outside of the Marshall Allen/Sun Ra Arkestra that marked my debut for the mag...
Sunday, August 16, 2020

Creem Magazine and Why I'm Here

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The documentary Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine  was made available for streaming online on Friday evening, August ...
Monday, August 10, 2020

CD Review: Thumbscrew - The Anthony Braxton Project & Michael Formanek Quartet - Pre-Apocalyptic

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Thumbscrew The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)  cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-anthony-braxton-project-2 Michael Formanek Quart...
Friday, July 31, 2020

CD Review: Jacob Garchik - Clear Line

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Jacob Garchik Clear Line (Yestereve)  jacobgarchik.bandcamp.com/ One of the defining moments of Clear Line occurs in the climax of ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

CD Review: Gordon Grdina Septet - Resist / Gordon Grdina's Nomad Trio - Nomad

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It's time to look back at some music that's been here a few months that I've been meaning to write about but hadn't had the...
Monday, July 20, 2020

CD Review: Whit Dickey Trio - Expanding Light/ Whit Dickey - Morph

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Whit Dickey Trio Expanding Light (Tao Forms)  taoforms.bandcamp.com/album/expanding-light Whit Dickey Morph (ESP-Disk')  wh...
Thursday, July 09, 2020

CD Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa - Hero Trio

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Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio (Whirlwind) www.whirlwindrecordings.com After collaborations with the late Carnatic saxophonist Kadri G...
Wednesday, July 08, 2020

CD Review: The MacroQuarktet - The Complete Night: Live at the Stone NYC

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The MacroQuarktet The Complete Night: Live at the Stone NYC (Out Of Your Head) outofyourheadrecords.com I recently unearthed a copy o...
Monday, June 22, 2020

CD Review: Tim Berne & Nasheet Waits - The Coandă Effect / James Brandon Lewis/ Chad Taylor - Live in Willisau

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Tim Berne & Nasheet Waits The Coandă Effect (Relative Pitch)  timberne.bandcamp.com/album/the-coand-effect Although 2020 is...
Friday, June 19, 2020

Timberrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

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I spent the early part of June thinking a lot and writing a big article for JazzTimes about ESP-Disk'. In a way, it was six months in th...
Tuesday, June 02, 2020

CD Review: Nina Simone - Fodder On My Wings

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Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings (Verve/UMe)  Only Nina Simone could take a song as maudlin as Gilbert O'Sullivan's ...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

CD & DL Review: Threadbare (Jason Stein/ Ben Cruz/ Emerson Hunton) - Silver Dollar & Greg Ward/Jason Stein/ Marcus Evans/ Chad Taylor/ Matt Lux - 85 Bears

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Though, at this point, we're all still pretty much under quarantine, a number of albums are still being released. In fact, several mus...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

CD Review: Dayna Stephens Trio - Liberty

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Dayna Stephens Trio Liberty (Contagious Music) www.daynastephens.net Maybe it's my ears, but between "Ran" and "F...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

DL Review: Steve Lehman - Xenakis & the Valedictorian / Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd - InWhatStrumentals

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When the coronavirus pandemic kicked into high gear, Pi Recordings responded proactively with a musical series entitled This Is Now: Love In...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

CD Review: Lina Allemano's Ohrenschmaus -Rats and Mice/ Lina Allemano - Glimmer Glammer

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There are several things I would like to write about now, and I thought about grouping them together thematically, rather than by artist. A...
Monday, May 04, 2020

RIP Richie Cole

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The past Saturday afternoon, I was on my break at work, scrolling through the usual media traps on my phone when I saw it. Pittsburgh bassis...
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Sunday, April 26, 2020

CD Review: Lisa Mezzacappa Six - Cosmicomics

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Lisa Mezzacappa Six Cosmicomics (Queen Bee) www.queenbeerecords.com This isn't the first time bassist Lisa Mezzacappa has found mu...