Track Reviews

29-Sep-2017

3

Published: 29-Sep-2017

Rova Saxophone Quartet
Steve Lacy’s Saxophone Special Revisited (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

24-Sep-2017

16

Published: 24-Sep-2017

Marco von Orelli - Max E. Keller - Sheldon Suter
Blow, Strike & Touch (Hatology)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

20-Sep-2017

19

Published: 20-Sep-2017

Roscoe Mitchell
Discussions (Wide Hive Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

09-Sep-2017

5

Published: 09-Sep-2017

Roger Beaujolais
Sunset (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

07-Jul-2017

1

Published: 07-Jul-2017

Bruce Jackson
Just Left of Center (Self Produced)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

02-Jul-2017

1

Published: 02-Jul-2017

Pam Taylor
Steal Your Heart (Self Produced)
Reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

22-May-2017

16

Published: 22-May-2017

Mihaly Dresch Quartet with Chris Potter
Zea (BMC Music)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

04-May-2017

15

Published: 04-May-2017

Sex Mob
Cultural Capital (Rex Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

20-Apr-2017

16

Published: 20-Apr-2017

Chicago / London Underground
A Night Walking Through Mirrors (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

29-Mar-2017

13

Published: 29-Mar-2017

Richard Barbieri
Planets + Persona (Kscope Music)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

24-Mar-2017

19

Published: 24-Mar-2017

Miles Okazaki
Trickster (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

21-Mar-2017

23

Published: 21-Mar-2017

Lisa Mezzacappa
avantNOIR (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

19-Feb-2017

16

Published: 19-Feb-2017

Rodrigo Amado's Motion Trio
Desire & Freedom (NotTwo Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

29-Jan-2017

7

Published: 29-Jan-2017

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Lucinda Williams
Masters Of War (Blue Note Records)
Reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

06-Dec-2016

7

Published: 06-Dec-2016

Jason Klobnak
Hark The Herald (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

09-Nov-2016

15

Published: 09-Nov-2016

Mary Halvorson Octet
Away With You (Firehouse 12 Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

26-Oct-2016

15

Published: 26-Oct-2016

Quinsin Nachoff
Flux (Mythology Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

10-Sep-2016

16

Published: 10-Sep-2016

Matty Harris
Double Septet (pfMentum)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

10-Aug-2016

16

Published: 10-Aug-2016

Andreas Willers / Urs Leimgruber
Pale White Shout (Jazzwerkstatt)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

08-Aug-2016

5

Published: 08-Aug-2016

Cortex
Live in New York (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Mark Corroto

31-Jul-2016

26

Published: 31-Jul-2016

Jonas Cambien Trio
A Zoology of the Future (Clean Feed Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

17-Jul-2016

20

Published: 17-Jul-2016

The Claudia Quintet
Super Petite (Cuneiform Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

11-Jun-2016

17

Published: 11-Jun-2016

Nick Millevoi
Desertion (Shhpuma)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

30-Apr-2016

3

Published: 30-Apr-2016

Randy Simon Jazz Project
The Linda Sessions (Self Produced)
Reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

16-Apr-2016

8

Published: 16-Apr-2016

Krakauer's Ancestral Groove
Checkpoint (Table Pounding Records)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

07-Apr-2016

17

Published: 07-Apr-2016

Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up
Old Locks And Irregular Verbs (Pi Recordings)
Reviewed by Glenn Astarita

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Story of the Day

Jazz and the blues--because together this musical brother and sister speak from our nation's days of the current cultural affairs and the authenticity and truth of a place where the rhythms held the pulse and the drums the heartbeat, representing every step closer the meat on the bone
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Jazz and the blues--because together this musical brother and sister speak from our nation's days of the current cultural affairs and the authenticity and truth of a place where the rhythms held the pulse and the drums the heartbeat, representing every step closer the meat on the bone. Feet in the dirt, or barefoot on a stage with sequins--it's soul beats in my chest. I was first exposed to jazz while others listened to surf music in the '50s and '60s, it was Monk, Miles, Satchmo and Ella, Rosemary Clooney and Julie London followed. Margaret Whiting, Les McCann, Willie Bobo, Andy Simpkins, Snooky Young, Bill Basie and Helen Humes. The first time I heard Topsy, Take 2, I about passed out at the age of ten. I've hung with Les McCann who more than 30 years after our first meeting became my duet partner on my CD, Don't Go To Strangers. Karen Hernandez from the start, Jack Le Compte on drums, Lou Shoch on bass, Steve Rawlins as my arranger and pianist, Grant Geissman - guitar genius, Nolan Shaheed, Richard Simon, and more. The big boys. My Red Hot Papas. The best show I ever attended was... I met Helen Humes first back in 1981 and helped turn one Playboy Jazz Festival night into her tribute, bring the Basie Band to stage, her joy boys. Before she took the stage for the last time to sing, “If I could Be With You One Hour Tonight” thousands of copies of the newspaper I wrote for carried her story. It was kismet, her being held by Joe Williams backstage. Soon in my life were the great Linda Hopkins who told me I sang the song she wrote better than her, which floored me of course, the energizing Barbara Morrison and the stellar Marilyn Maye who guided me professionally. My advice to new listeners... let your backbone slip and feel your body stripping back the barriers that prevent us from being one with the music. Remember none of us are strangers, we just haven't met yet.
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By Mary Bogue
Member since: 2014