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Visceral Totems: Improvisations for Microtonal Prepared Piano

Visceral Totems: Improvisations for Microtonal Prepared Piano

Matt Choboter

2026-09-19

1

Slow Down For Turtles

Slow Down For Turtles

Luca Benedetti

2026-09-17

5

American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2: Miles From Nowhere

American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2: Miles From Nowhere

Christian Parker

2026-08-21

7

Most Of The Time

Most Of The Time

Peter Parcek

2026-08-14

5

Sunrise Over The Unknown

Sunrise Over The Unknown

Michael Falzarano

2026-08-09

1

Blues Now

GA20 with Charlie Musselwhite

2026-07-31

3

Sangam & Friends

Sangam & Friends

Charles Lloyd

2026-07-24

9

Celestial Keeper

Celestial Keeper

Joey Alexander

2026-07-18

11

Chants of Rain

Mary Flower And Leon Cotter

2026-06-30

6

Then Again

Rodney Crowell

2026-06-28

7

Katarahi

Satoko Fujii-Myra Melford

2026-06-04

5

ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

Steven Bernstein

2026-06-02

5

Just Stay Live, featuring Garth Hudson, Recorded Live at the Falcon

Just Stay Live, featuring Garth Hudson, Recorded Live at the Falcon

Alexis P. Suter Band

2026-05-27

2

Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th 1975

Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th 1975

Pink Floyd

2026-05-22

3

Burn The House Down

Burn The House Down

Ghalia Volt

2026-05-17

5

Only A Drop

Lo Steele

2026-04-20

3

Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives

Concordance: 150 Years of Charles Ives

Charles Ives

2026-04-15

7

Loon & Thrush

Club D'Elf

2026-04-10

9

Rosendals Garden

Rosendals Garden

Yelena Eckemoff

2026-03-27

30

The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC

The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC

Rory Gallagher

2026-03-15

1

Memories Of Home

Memories Of Home

John Scofield/Dave Holland

2026-01-18

5

SYBlings, Vol. 2

SYBlings, Vol. 2

Seth Yacovone Band

2025-12-31

2

Jingle All The Way

Jingle All The Way

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

2025-12-22

7

Early Steps

Faces

2025-12-01

3

Tonight's The Night 50th Anniversary Deluxe

Tonight's The Night 50th Anniversary Deluxe

Neil Young

2025-11-28

8

Anthology 4

The Beatles

2025-11-21

5

Black and Blue (2CD)

Black and Blue (2CD)

Rolling Stones

2025-11-14

5

Seven Levels

Tommy Talton

2025-11-11

1

Bold As Love ( 4CD + Blu-ray)

Bold As Love ( 4CD + Blu-ray)

Jimi Hendrix

2025-11-07

5

Who Are You

The Who

2025-10-31

5

Sometimes By Surprise

Sometimes By Surprise

Mike Mizwinski

2025-10-18

1

Moving Target

Smooth Elevator

2025-10-12

8

Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025

Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025

Ronnie Wood

2025-10-11

7

Tokyo

Wolfgang Muthspiel

2025-09-26

11

Many Moons Vol. 1

Many Moons Vol. 1

Matt Schofield

2025-09-11

4

From "The Hellhole"

From "The Hellhole"

Marshall Crenshaw

2025-09-06

4

El Viejo Caminante

El Viejo Caminante

Dino Saluzzi

2025-08-30

9

Airline Highway

Airline Highway

Rodney Crowell

2025-08-30

11

Live At The Oval 1971

Live At The Oval 1971

The Who

2025-08-22

14

Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard

Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard

Miguel Zenon

2025-08-18

8

The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967

The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967

Sly and the Family Stone

2025-08-07

2

Bridge Of Sighs: 50th Anniversary Edition

Bridge Of Sighs: 50th Anniversary Edition

Robin Trower

2025-08-02

4

Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII

Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII

Pink Floyd

2025-07-17

3

Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971

Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day: The Unissued Atco Recordings 1970-1971

Jesse Ed Davis

2025-07-09

5

Words Fall Short

Words Fall Short

Joshua Redman

2025-07-06

12

The Surrounding Green

The Surrounding Green

Fred Hersch

2025-06-28

11

About Ghosts

Mary Halvorson

2025-06-13

13

BEATrio

BEATrio

2025-05-17

5

So Rebellious A Lover

So Rebellious A Lover

Gene Clark & Carla Olson

2025-04-11

16

The Wicked Crew

The Wicked Crew

Perceptions Trio

2025-03-23

5

Read more album reviews by Doug Collette

Grateful Dead: Meet-Up at the Movies 2026 - 6/17/91 at Giants...

Film Review | 2026-08-29

1

Read "Patricia Brennan And Sylvie Courvoisier, Ambrose Akinmusire And Mary Halvorson, Mick Goodrick And Fred Hersch: Playing Doubles"

Patricia Brennan And Sylvie Courvoisier, Ambrose Akinmusire And...

Multiple Reviews | 2026-07-25

11

Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story by Brad Tolinski And Chris...

Book Review | 2026-07-16

8

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles By...

Book Review | 2026-06-16

3

Read "Phil Haynes and Bobby Broom: Empathetic Abandon"

Phil Haynes and Bobby Broom: Empathetic Abandon

Multiple Reviews | 2026-05-14

3

Read "Rick Vito And Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis: Blues Brothers Indeed"

Rick Vito And Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis:...

Multiple Reviews | 2026-03-29

1

Read "Gordon Grdina: Prolific Versatility"

Gordon Grdina: Prolific Versatility

Multiple Reviews | 2026-03-27

2

Read "Jon Irabagon: Self-Motivated And Inner-Directed"

Jon Irabagon: Self-Motivated And Inner-Directed

Multiple Reviews | 2026-03-13

5

Read "Satoko Fujii: Indefatigable"

Satoko Fujii: Indefatigable

Multiple Reviews | 2026-02-10

4

Read "Mike Clark and Phil Haynes: Keep Beating The Drum(s)"

Mike Clark and Phil Haynes: Keep Beating The Drum(s)

Multiple Reviews | 2026-02-09

9

Read "Jerome Sabbagh: Purity Of Intent"

Jerome Sabbagh: Purity Of Intent

Multiple Reviews | 2026-01-20

6

Read "Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad"

Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad

Multiple Reviews | 2026-01-18

1

Read "Charles Lloyd and Steve Tibbetts: Inner Directed and Independent"

Charles Lloyd and Steve Tibbetts: Inner Directed and Independent

Multiple Reviews | 2025-12-17

6

Read "Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025"

Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Year in Review | 2025-12-07

5

The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Reissue)

Book Review | 2025-11-26

6

Graham Parker's Howlin' Wind

Book Review | 2025-11-22

2

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs

Book Review | 2025-08-17

6

Read "Ryan Lee Crosby, Kent Burnside and Garry Burnside: Blues As A Way Of Life"

Ryan Lee Crosby, Kent Burnside and Garry Burnside: Blues As A...

Multiple Reviews | 2025-08-16

4

Read "Grateful Dead: The Music May Never Stop"

Grateful Dead: The Music May Never Stop

Multiple Reviews | 2025-07-27

8

Read "Matthew Shipp: On The Ascent"

Matthew Shipp: On The Ascent

Multiple Reviews | 2025-07-23

13

The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created...

Book Review | 2025-07-20

1

Read "Phil Haynes: Electricity Incarnate!"

Phil Haynes: Electricity Incarnate!

Multiple Reviews | 2025-07-18

3

Read "Emma Wilson and Terry Hanck: The Simplicity of The Blues"

Emma Wilson and Terry Hanck: The Simplicity of The Blues

Blues Deluxe | 2025-06-29

1

Read "Vorcza at the 2025 Burlington Vermont Discover Jazz Festival"

Vorcza at the 2025 Burlington Vermont Discover Jazz Festival

Live Review | 2025-06-16

3

The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins

Film Review | 2025-06-08

4

Marley: Collector's Edition (2DVD)

Film Review | 2025-06-07

1

Read "Vince Guaraldi: Animated Indeed"

Vince Guaraldi: Animated Indeed

Multiple Reviews | 2025-05-18

3

Heartbreaker: A Memoir by Mike Campbell

Book Review | 2025-04-27

2

Read "ECM Records: Austerity as Aesthetic"

ECM Records: Austerity as Aesthetic

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-14

9

Read "Satoko Fujii: Endlessly Challenging"

Satoko Fujii: Endlessly Challenging

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-03

3

Read "François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély and Bob Bralove / Patti Weiss: Intimacy Writ Large"

François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély and Bob Bralove /...

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-02

9

Grateful Dead: Idiosyncratic Improvisationalists

Building a Jazz Library | 2025-03-08

16

Read "John Lee Hooker And Elmore James: Deep Blues"

John Lee Hooker And Elmore James: Deep Blues

Multiple Reviews | 2025-02-22

3

Read "The Silver Snarling Trumpet - The Birth of the Grateful Dead: The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter"

The Silver Snarling Trumpet - The Birth of the Grateful Dead:...

Book Review | 2025-01-18

5

Read "Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown"

Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown

Film Review | 2025-01-10

16

Sly Stone: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - A Memoir...

Book Review | 2024-12-21

4

Read "Satoko Fujii: Renaissance Figure Extraordinaire"

Satoko Fujii: Renaissance Figure Extraordinaire

Multiple Reviews | 2024-12-16

4

Read "Kris Davis and Younee: Keys To The Eighty-Eights"

Kris Davis and Younee: Keys To The Eighty-Eights

Multiple Reviews | 2024-12-11

13

Read "Jim Self & John Chiodini: Back into the Future"

Jim Self & John Chiodini: Back into the Future

Multiple Reviews | 2024-12-09

6

Read "Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024"

Doug Collette's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Year in Review | 2024-12-04

12

Read "Bela Fleck with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra At The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts"

Bela Fleck with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra At The Flynn...

Live Review | 2024-10-07

3

Read "Blues With A Feeling: Luther Dickinson & JD Simo; Charlie Hunter & Jubu Smith; Mick Fleetwood & Jake Shimabukuro"

Blues With A Feeling: Luther Dickinson & JD Simo; Charlie...

Multiple Reviews | 2024-09-24

8

Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat

Book Review | 2024-09-21

4

Dave Mason: Only You Know And I Know

Book Review | 2024-09-14

7

Read "Davy Knowles and Jorma Kaukonen at The Essex Experience Summer Concert Series"

Davy Knowles and Jorma Kaukonen at The Essex Experience Summer...

Multiple Reviews | 2024-08-31

4

Read "Medeski Martin & Wood: Not Not Jazz"

Medeski Martin & Wood: Not Not Jazz

Film Review | 2024-08-10

17

Read "Canned Heat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds: All Blues"

Canned Heat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds: All Blues

Multiple Reviews | 2024-07-20

4

Read "Hammonds Abound: Koppel Blade Koppel and The Bobby Broom Organ-isation"

Hammonds Abound: Koppel Blade Koppel and The Bobby Broom...

Multiple Reviews | 2024-06-11

4

Jazz Is Dead at Nectar's

Live Review | 2024-06-11

4

Read "Taj Mahal: The Blues Is Eternal"

Taj Mahal: The Blues Is Eternal

Multiple Reviews | 2024-06-08

7

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Danielle Nicole: Fireflies

Album Review | This article has not been scheduled yet.

Wesley Stace: One Last Heist

Album Review | This article has not been scheduled yet.

Son Volt: Sound Signal Serenades

Album Review | This article has not been scheduled yet.

Johnny Winter: The Johnny Winter Story - The GRT / Janus Recordings

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Read "The Doors: Live At The Isle of Wight Festival 1970"

The Doors: Live At The Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Film Review | 2018-02-24

5

Read "The Beatles: Masterful in 2009"

The Beatles: The Beatles: Masterful in 2009

Extended Analysis | 2009-09-21

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Read "Jeff Beck: Live at the Hollywood Bowl"

Jeff Beck: Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Film Review | 2017-10-07

10

Read "The Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972)"

Neil Young: The Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972)

Extended Analysis | 2009-07-11

1,039

Read "Grateful Dead: Road Trips - Volume 2 Number 1"

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Road Trips - Volume 2 Number 1

Extended Analysis | 2009-01-17

1,079

Read "Jorma Kaukonen: Been So Long - My Life & Music"

Jorma Kaukonen: Been So Long - My Life & Music

Book Review | 2018-08-25

2

Read "Phish: At The Roxy"

Phish: Phish: At The Roxy

Album Review | 2009-01-02

1,181

Read "Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's"

Jeff Beck: Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's

Album Review | 2008-11-28

961

Read "Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings"

Grateful Dead: Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings

Extended Analysis | 2006-01-14

876

Read "Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience"

Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience

Film Review | 2018-03-10

6

Read "Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story"

Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story

Film Review | 2018-06-25

4

Read "The Magpie Salute At The Grand Point North Festival 2018"

The Magpie Salute At The Grand Point North Festival 2018

Live Review | 2018-09-23

2

Read "Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars"

Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars

Film Review | 2018-06-24

4

Read "Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge - 50 Years of Defining Culture"

Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge - 50 Years of Defining Culture

Film Review | 2018-10-07

2

Read "BANG! The Bert Berns Story"

BANG! The Bert Berns Story

Film Review | 2018-07-14

1

Read "Witches Stew: A Tribute to Miles Davis"

Lettuce: Witches Stew: A Tribute to Miles Davis

Album Review | 2017-10-15

11

Read "Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead, July 3,4 & 5, 2015"

Fare Thee Well: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead, July 3,4 & 5, 2015

Live Review | 2015-07-18

5

Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine

Book Review | 2017-11-18

5

Read "John Scofield: Past Present"

John Scofield: John Scofield: Past Present

Extended Analysis | 2015-09-30

8

Read "Trio of Doom"

John McLaughlin/Jaco Pastorius/Tony Williams: Trio of Doom

Album Review | 2007-08-05

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Read "Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981"

Bob Dylan: Trouble No More - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981

Extended Analysis | 2017-11-19

8

Duane Allman & Eric Clapton: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Two Guitar Heroes

Book Review | 2007-01-27

807

Paul Kelly: Life is Fine...Really!

Interview | 2017-09-03

1

Read "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition"

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Extended Analysis | 2017-05-27

5

Read "Grateful Dead: Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings"

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings

Extended Analysis | 2009-12-25

655

Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip

Book Review | 2018-06-16

2

Read "Summer 2018"

Summer 2018

Jazz Journal | 2018-07-29

4

Read "Grateful Dead: Cornell '77"

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Cornell '77

Extended Analysis | 2017-05-06

11

Read "Winter 2018"

Winter 2018

Jazz Journal | 2018-02-26

6

Read "Van Morrison: Remasters Redux"

Van Morrison: Remasters Redux

Multiple Reviews | 2008-11-08

681

Read "Tom Petty And Me: My Rock 'n' Roll Adventures with Tom Petty"

Tom Petty And Me: My Rock 'n' Roll Adventures with Tom Petty

Book Review | 2018-12-23

3

Read "Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2019"

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2019

Live Review | 2019-06-14

4

Read "Greatest Hits Live"

Steve Winwood: Greatest Hits Live

Album Review | 2017-09-02

5

Read "Jimi Hendrix: Freedom-Atlanta Pop Festival"

Jimi Hendrix: Jimi Hendrix: Freedom-Atlanta Pop Festival

Extended Analysis | 2015-08-23

7

Read "Grateful Dead: Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings"

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings

Extended Analysis | 2008-06-29

830

Read "Live At BB King Blues Club"

Jeff Beck: Live At BB King Blues Club

Album Review | 2004-03-05

523

Read "Roger Daltrey: Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite - My Story"

Roger Daltrey: Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite - My Story

Book Review | 2018-12-02

4

The Allman Brothers Band in Concert: Beacon Theatre 2003

Live Review | 2004-02-17

703

Read "What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean?: The Moby Grape Story"

What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean?: The Moby Grape Story

Book Review | 2018-09-09

2

Read "Anthem Of The Sun 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition"

Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Extended Analysis | 2018-08-04

5

Read "Kind of Blue"

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Album Review | 2009-03-01

479

Read "Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years"

Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years

Book Review | 2019-05-18

4

Read "Grateful Dead: Formerly The Warlocks"

Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead: Formerly The Warlocks

Extended Analysis | 2010-10-30

658

Read "Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden"

Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at Madison Square Garden

Live Review | 2008-03-15

590

Read "Medeski, Martin & Wood: 20"

Medeski, Martin & Wood: Medeski, Martin & Wood: 20

Extended Analysis | 2012-06-13

7

Read "The Who At The Isle of Wight Festival 2004"

The Who At The Isle of Wight Festival 2004

Film Review | 2017-06-03

1

Read "Rolling Stones From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015"

Rolling Stones From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

Film Review | 2017-09-30

2

Van Morrison and Rory Gallagher: Live at Montreux

Film Review | 2007-02-10

729

Read "The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Betty's Blends Volume Three - Self-Rising Southern Blends (Limited Edition at The Warfield)"

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: Betty's Blends Volume Three - Self-Rising Southern Blends (Limited Edition at The Warfield)

Extended Analysis | 2017-05-07

5

Dennis McNally: Cultural Catalyst

Interview | 2008-11-11

953

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