25 Feb
Piano Starts Here by Art Tatum
Monday, 25 February 2008
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As a wee lad in the '70s, at my local library, one could check out records for a week. The selection was mostly classical music (got me hip to Aaron Copeland, Harry Part…
13 Feb
Mimidokodesuka by Osorezan
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Published in Free Jazz / Avante Garde - CD Reviews
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Osorezan is not exactly a band per se, but a configuration of three musicians who routinely blur the distinctions between composition and improvisation, between rock, ja…
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Singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, and saxophonist Van Morrison has been at the game a good long time. An Irish lad smitten with the American sounds imported to th…
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17 Jan
Method To The Madness by Celia Whiren + Ryan Meisel Creative Music Ensemble
Thursday, 17 January 2008
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There've been many important, fascinating, entertaining, and sometimes even perplexing duo-performers in jazz: Bill Evans/Jim Hall, Ellington/Blanton, Marilyn Crispell/E…
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I am, alas, old enough to have noticed that every few years (or even months), somebody in a jazz or jazz-conscious publication will pen an article asking "Is Jazz Dead?" Or…
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