07 Feb
Time Lines by Andrew Hill
Tuesday, 07 February 2006
Published in Free Jazz / Avante Garde - CD Reviews
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Music in general, and jazz in particular, has advanced so much over the past 40 or so years that the compositions of pianist Andrew Hill’s new disc, Time Lines, don’…
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07 Feb
Vossabrygg by Terje Rypdal
Hippies, good sex, high times, the rise of youth culture. Even those of us who were too young to remember them (or maybe, especially those of us who were too young too reme…
Sometimes fusion comes across as a lazy attempt at creativity. Too often musicians attempt to pass off a reggae beat beneath a standard, an exotic mode in a pop number, or …
16 Sep
Shades of Jade by Marc Johnson
Friday, 16 September 2005
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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Years ago, I randomly picked up a CD titled Bass Desires by some guy, a bassist named Marc Johnson. It featured a couple other players I’d never heard of - a sax pla…
16 Sep
East/West by Bill Frisell
I’m officially back on the Bill Frisell bandwagon. I took a little time off the late ’90s and early ’00s, having become a little bored with the guitarist’s "Americana" phas…