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Jakko M. Jakszyk: The Bruised Romantic Glee Club
by John Kelman
He's been around for three decades, but British guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Jakko M. Jakszyk has operated below the radar for the most part. His biggest break in visibility was touring with Level 42 in the early 1990s, but in recent years he's better-known as the guitarist/vocalist for the 21st Century Schizoid Band, a collective of King Crimson alumni who have revived material from that band's early years. He's also recorded material as a leader, but much of it remains unreleased, making The ...
read more21st Century Schizoid Band: Pictures of a City - Live in New York
by John Kelman
It's been 37 years since In the Court of the Crimson King dispensed with preconceptions of what rock music could or should be. And while Robert Fripp, a King Crimson co-founder and the group's only remaining original member, has steadfastly kept his eye on the future, archival reissues--including two outstanding Discipline Global Mobile retrospective box sets, The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One: 1969-1974 (2004) and Volume Two: 1981-2003 (2005)--have enabled an ever-increasing base of younger fans to ...
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