Friday, June 21, 2024

Dish It Out: Remembering James Chance

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The Contortions, on the No New York compilation. Chance is pictured top left. Before John Zorn, before Eric Dolphy, before even Charlie Park...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

CD Reviews: Matthew Shipp Trio - New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz, Rich Halley - Fire Within

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Some time last year, I hatched a plan to write a piece about ESP-Disk's reissue of Matthew Shipp's 1990 debut album, Circular Temple...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis Lift the Bandstand; Thoughts on Steve Albini

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The past week was filled with some sad music news, not to mention a personal deadline to write about a particular jazz box set. But the week...
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Wednesday, May 01, 2024

GBV in Pittsburgh, April 27

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GBV vocalist Robert Pollard, with drummer Kevin March and guitarist Doug Gillard   While waiting to get through the security check point at ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Recap of the African Rhythms Alumni Quintet + Memories of Randy Weston

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Anyone who had the good fortune to hear Randy Weston play live, like the time he came to Pittsburgh in 2013, understood the musical lineage ...
Friday, April 26, 2024

An Appreciation of Michael Cuscuna

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I've told this story numerous times, but it seems like it's never appeared on this blog, and the timing is right. It was a chilly al...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Jazz For Record Store Day, Part 2

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I had really hoped to post maybe a review a day this week of these Record Store Day releases, but that just wasn't in the cards. For one...

Jazz for Record Store Day Part 1

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As I type, Record Store Day is less than 24 hours away. I've always been conflicted about that day. As I say each year, every day could ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

LP Review: Church Chords - elvis, he was a Schlager + Anthony Pirog

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Church Chords elvis, he was a Schlager (Otherly Love) churchchords.bandcamp.com/album/elvis-he-was-schlager Perhaps Church Chords are akin t...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Show Review: Pharoah Sanders Tribute Band with Azar Lawrence

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Last Saturday's Kente Arts program was billed as a Tribute to Pharaoh Sanders but it wound up being more than that. At moments, it also ...
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Sunday, March 24, 2024

LP Reviews: Shelly Manne & His Men - At The Black Hawk. Vol. 1, Pete Jolly - Seasons

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West Coast jazz was maligned from the get-go, accused to being a more flaccid version of what was happening on the East Coast. It was "...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

CD Review: Anthony Michael Ambroso - Mercy Killer

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Anthony Michael Ambroso Mercy Killer (Self-released) ambroso.bandcamp.com/album/mercy-killer Anthony Ambroso's origins start in the subu...
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