29 Apr
Goin Yard by Monty Alexander
I have to admit that when I first received this album to review that I was completely unfamiliar with the music of Monty Alexander. That's one of the most humbling things a…
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25 Jan
Melange by Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico's 2000 release "Emergence" (Savant) was an apropos title. The album saw Plaxico truly rise from the considerable shadow and weight of his duties as musical d…
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The famed Chicago performing arts center, HotHouse, is known the world over for its eclectic and wide-ranging music programming. Monday nights at HotHouse, however, is the …
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The cliché goes that a musician has more creative freedom with a small label. To an extent that saying does hold some water. Small labels have small budgets and time constr…
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10 Oct
Naked by Davis and Dow
It takes a certain panache for a musician to present his musical vision in minimalist terms, a confidence in his abilities and muse that is honed by practice, trial, error,…
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