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After years of writing music related articles, Rex still wonders who has time to listen to all these cds?

Trane Stories

Theo Saunders
2018-11-09
7

Suzy Williams: Enjoy the Ride

Suzy Williams
2010-08-08
554

Stratostrophic

Empty Cage Quartet
2008-09-06
336

Industrial Jazz A Go Go!

Industrial Jazz Group
2006-10-20
175

Sketches From the Other Side, for A.I.

Herb Robertson and the Space Cadets
2006-10-10
141

Mean Things Happening In This Land

The Skip Heller Trio
2006-09-08
163

Enigma

Joel Futterman & Ike Levin
2006-08-30
157

Consequences

Dave Burrell and Billy Martin
2006-08-28
157

Compassion

Wadada Leo Smith and Adam Rudolph
2006-08-25
400

Edge

Jason Kao Hwang
2006-08-20
232

Brotherman in the Fatherland

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
2006-08-19
248

Immolation / Immersion

Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Chris Corsano
2006-05-24
113

Exile

Dan Clucas / Immediately
2006-05-23
88

Company Switch

Territory Band
2006-05-22
240

In Finland

Joe McPhee / Matthew Shipp / Dominic Duvall
2006-05-21
317

Margy Pargy

Dave Burrell
2006-05-21
184

Graphic Evidence

Jason Kao Hwang
2006-05-20
115

The Art of Improvisation

Leroy Jenkins
2006-05-12
174

Chi-Congo

Art Ensemble of Chicago
2006-05-11
266

Day of the Race

MTKJ Quartet
2006-04-29
103

The Soul and Gone

Harris Eisenstadt
2006-04-06
199

BushWacked: A Spoken Opera

Mark Whitecage
2006-04-05
223

Souls Within the Veil

Craig Harris
2006-03-29
348

Liberal Dose

Skip Heller
2006-03-16
183

Ahimsa Orchestra

Harris Eisenstadt
2005-11-20
150

Snakish

Wadada Leo Smith
2005-11-17
426

Black Awareness

Khan Jamal Quintet
2005-11-16
281

Zero Degree Music

Adam Lane 3
2005-11-15
304

Nothing Is...

Sun Ra
2005-11-14
210

Shout!

Charles Gayle
2005-11-13
157

The Vandermark 5: The Color of Memory

The Vandermark 5
2005-11-12
262

The Traveller

Sonny Simmons
2005-11-12
198

Nine Gardeners Named Ned

Brad Dutz
2005-11-11
128

Gongfarmer 18

Jim McAuley
2005-11-10
476

Lucidarium

Steve Coleman and Five Elements
2005-10-21
364

Organic Groove

David Ornette Cherry
2005-10-20
188

First Ones

Positive Knowledge
2005-10-19
214

Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 1 & 2

Sun Ra
2005-09-04
363

Sound Unity

William Parker Quartet
2005-09-03
167

7 Black Butterflies

Drew Gress
2005-09-02
187

Pharoah

Pharoah Sanders
2005-08-31
163

Lake Biwa

Wadada Leo Smith
2005-08-10
209

Purple Violets

Sam Rivers/Ben Street/Kresten Osgood/Bryan Carrott
2005-08-09
335

The Big Band Project

Gebhard Ullmann
2005-08-08
188

Tells Untold

Cooper-Moore and Assif Tsahar
2005-07-18
157

If I Ran the Circus

William Roper
2005-07-17
173

Reimagining

Vijay Iyer
2005-07-06
205

There, Just As You Look For It

Kris Tiner and Mike Baggetta
2005-07-06
105

Spiritual Unity

Albert Ayler Trio
2005-07-05
451

Upriver

Yo Miles! Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith
2005-07-04
93

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Howard Rumsey: The Lighthouse All Star

Profile | 2015-07-20
530

Nels Cline: Of Singers and Sound

Interview | 2010-05-10
1,138

Don Preston: Just Another Duo From LA

Interview | 2010-04-22
1,126

Adam Rudolph

Profile | 2010-03-13
783

Snooky Young

Profile | 2009-05-29
552

Anthony Ortega

Profile | 2008-08-31
965

Lenny White: Just Doing It

Interview | 2008-08-11
847

Jeff Gauthier: Fiddling with the Future

Interview | 2008-06-30
859

Azar Lawrence: Rising Like Atlantis

Interview | 2007-11-06
636

Kidd Jordan: Messin' with the Kidd

Interview | 2007-09-18
963

Odean Pope: Preaching With the Choir

Interview | 2007-09-04
396

Lou Donaldson: Lou's Boogaloo

Profile | 2007-02-27
586

Nels Cline: Entering the New Monastery

Interview | 2006-10-24
633

Bennie Maupin: Miles Beyond

Interview | 2006-09-12
1,130

Charles Gayle: Always Reaching

Interview | 2006-05-02
859

Nedra Wheeler: Bass is the Place

Profile | 2006-04-09
590

Gerald Wilson: In His Time

Interview | 2006-03-02
478

Ken Vandermark: That Was Now

Interview | 2005-10-28
703

Skip Heller: Out of Time & Bear Flag

Multiple Reviews | 2005-09-15
197

Dwight Trible at 5th St. Dick's

Live Review | 2005-09-11
121

Michael Session Sextet Rocks LAACMA

Live Review | 2005-09-10
458

Freddie Redd Reconnects

Profile | 2005-08-10
612

Kneebody Arrives

Profile | 2005-07-29
466

Nate Morgan's Time Capsule

Profile | 2005-05-01
849

Nine Winds: Blowing Hot Out of LA

Record Label Profile | 2005-04-06
659

Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

Film Review | 2005-04-03
508

Mike Ladd & Vijay Iyer: In All Languages

Live Review | 2005-02-18
121

Kamau Daaood: The Words of a Man

Interview | 2004-12-08
1,154

Sonship Theus Benefit in Los Angeles

Live Review | 2004-11-03
993

The Sermon

Jazz Poetry | 2004-10-17
236

San Francisco Alt Fest's Cultural Quake

Live Review | 2004-08-29
225

World Stage Jam

Jazz Poetry | 2004-06-19
151

Sam Rivers Back at the Bakery

Live Review | 2004-06-03
96

Charles Lloyd Blesses the New Catalina

Live Review | 2004-03-13
156

Eric Sbar Shows Off a niceJaquet

Live Review | 2004-03-13
548

Nate Morgan Luminous in Leimert Park

Live Review | 2004-03-13
235



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Jimmy Giuffre: Cry Freedom

Profile | 2003-11-30
1,192

Bennie Maupin: Miles Beyond

Interview | 2006-09-12
1,130

Kamau Daaood: The Words of a Man

Interview | 2004-12-08
1,154

Anthony Ortega

Profile | 2008-08-31
965

Nels Cline: Of Singers and Sound

Interview | 2010-05-10
1,138

Charles Gayle: Always Reaching

Interview | 2006-05-02
859

Howard Rumsey: The Lighthouse All Star

Profile | 2015-07-20
530

Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit

Album Review | 2004-11-10
447

Suzy Williams: Suzy Williams: Enjoy the Ride

Extended Analysis | 2010-08-08
554

Don Preston: Just Another Duo From LA

Interview | 2010-04-22
1,126

Kidd Jordan: Messin' with the Kidd

Interview | 2007-09-18
963

Nate Morgan's Time Capsule

Profile | 2005-05-01
849

Ken Vandermark: That Was Now

Interview | 2005-10-28
703

Jeff Gauthier: Fiddling with the Future

Interview | 2008-06-30
859

Jimmy Lyons: Jimmy Lyons Box Set

Album Review | 2003-12-03
413

Anthony Braxton: Anthony Braxton: 23 Standards

Extended Analysis | 2005-01-26
462

Kneebody Arrives

Profile | 2005-07-29
466

Nels Cline: Entering the New Monastery

Interview | 2006-10-24
633

Azar Lawrence: Rising Like Atlantis

Interview | 2007-11-06
636

Various Artists: Savoy Christmas Blues

Album Review | 2003-12-07
543

Horace Silver: Finger Poppin

Album Review | 2003-05-14
380

Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 1 & 2

Album Review | 2005-09-04
363

Nedra Wheeler: Bass is the Place

Profile | 2006-04-09
590

Gerald Wilson: In His Time

Interview | 2006-03-02
478

Sonship Theus Benefit in Los Angeles

Live Review | 2004-11-03
993

Kenny Burrell: Blue Muse

Album Review | 2003-08-25
384

Albert Ayler Trio: Spiritual Unity

Album Review | 2005-07-05
451

Wadada Leo Smith: Wadada Leo Smith: Kabell Years 1971-1979

Extended Analysis | 2004-06-11
368

Nate Morgan: Journey Into Nigritia

Album Review | 2005-04-17
342

Odean Pope: Preaching With the Choir

Interview | 2007-09-04
396

Jeff Parker: The Relatives

Album Review | 2005-03-19
393

Freddie Redd Reconnects

Profile | 2005-08-10
612

Evan Parker: Evan Parker with Birds (for Steve Lacy)

Album Review | 2005-07-03
416

Dwight Trible: Living Water

Album Review | 2004-05-10
293

Lenny White: Just Doing It

Interview | 2008-08-11
847

Adam Rudolph

Profile | 2010-03-13
783

Michael Session Sextet Rocks LAACMA

Live Review | 2005-09-10
458

Giuffre/Bley/Swallow: Fly Away Little Bird

Album Review | 2003-10-08
384

Leroy Jenkins: Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America

Album Review | 2003-07-25
295

Cecil Taylor Unit: One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye

Album Review | 2005-04-19
318

Nine Winds: Blowing Hot Out of LA

Record Label Profile | 2005-04-06
659

Eric Sbar Shows Off a niceJaquet

Live Review | 2004-03-13
548

Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Lucidarium

Album Review | 2005-10-21
364

Lou Donaldson: Lou's Boogaloo

Profile | 2007-02-27
586

Snooky Young

Profile | 2009-05-29
552

Theo Saunders: Trane Stories

Album Review | 2018-11-09
7

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