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Mike Dillon: Rosewood

by Doug Collette
July 22, 2020

Texas-born Mike Dillon moves in as many different directions as his varied skills allow. Witness his work with, among others, Garage A Trois, Critters Buggin' and Nolatet. Yet none of his adventures are as satisfying as when he adheres to his niche as vibraphonist/percussionist, so Rosewood makes a suitable companion piece to the similarly conceived and ...

No Revenge Necessary

By Nolatet

Label: Royal Family Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Lanky, Stanky Maestro; Homer and Debbie; Black Sheep; No Revenge Necessary; Elegant Miss J; Dikefinger; Gracemont; Bluebelly; Pecos Wilderness; Malabar.

Doug Collette's Best Releases of 2018

by Doug Collette
December 13, 2018

It wasn't hard in the least to compile a 'Best of...' list for 2018. The titles were self-evident as they rolled out, with almost clockwork regularity, over the course of the twelve months, ultimately comprising what I kept going back to most often during the year, enjoying each one more (and in a slightly different way) ...

Nolatet: No Revenge Necessary

by Doug Collette
May 16, 2018

The music of Nolatet's sophomore album No Revenge Necessary belies its laissez faire title. Almost a mirror image of its largely insinuating predecessor, Dogs (Royal Potato Family, 2016), this sophomore effort finds the Crescent city-based ensemble flexing its collective muscles early and often, so the record lends itself to uninhibited dance almost as often as contemplation ...

Dogs

By Nolatet

Label: Royal Potato Family
Released: 2016
Track listing: Pops; Bongo Joe; Dogs; Morphine Drip / Lento; There’s No Fire; Mellon Ball; Nails/

Nolatet: Dogs

by Doug Collette
February 28, 2016

The wit in the name of Nolatet finds a direct reflection in the music they make. Yet together as a four piece unit, keyboardist Brian Haas (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), vibraphonist Mike Dillon (Critters Buggin,' Garage A Trois), bassist James Singleton (John Scofield, John Medeski) and drummer Johnny Vidacovich (Charlie Hunter, Robert Walter), create a seamless ...