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Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968
Ryan H. Walsh
368 Pages
ISBN: # 978-0735221345
Penguin Press
2018
Before thoroughly delving into Ryan H. Walsh's Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, a reader can thumb randomly through its three-hundred fifty-some pages and find nary a reference to ...
Dominique Eade: Town and Country
A sei anni dall'incisione di Whirpool (Jazz Project, 2012), Ran Blake e Dominique Eade ripropongolo la loro esplorazione piano/voce privilegiando l'attenzione dal Great American Songbook ai canti della tradizione popolare e di denuncia sociale. Com'è noto l'83enne Ran Blake è un decano del New England Conservatory di Boston, dove fondò con Gunther Schuller il Third Sream ...
read moreSeven woMEN 2018 – Part III
Look what creeped into my monthly column... and herein exist end-of-the-year-recordings...(you decide which ones).
Ben Paterson
That Old Feeling
Cellar Live Records
2018
Everything about pianist/vocalist Ben Paterson's Cellar Live release, That Old Feeling is delightful. This recording is a beautiful throwback, with just a touch of ...
Steve Barton: Tall Tales And Alibis
Like Bob Dylan's Triplicate (Columbia, 2017), Steve Barton's Tall Tales And Alibis recounts a rite of passage in three parts. But even though the once and future member of Translator only assigns specific sub-titles once (in the recording credits), his journey from darkness to light is as explicit as that of the Nobel Laureate's, perhaps even ...
read moreFormats – Solo Through Nonet
One plus Two, equals three, and so on. What arbitrary combo size constitutes a big band? None of these.
Solo: Jamie Saft
Solo a Genova
RareNoise Records
2018
That musical provocateur Jamie Saft, he is a prankster. After making all kinds of noise with the likes of Metallic Taste ...
Seth Yacovone: Life at Nectar's
The title of Seth Yacovone's solo acoustic album, Life at Nectar's, is not a misprint, but a very carefully designated description. In the prolific guitarist/vocalist/songwriter's thirteen years of such shows each Friday evening, the energy at the hallowed venue coalesces around his performances. And while those are somewhat unlike this set of fifteen originals--he invariably mixes ...
read moreJamie Saft: Solo a Genova
Jamie Saft's first solo album in his twenty-five year career, Solo A Genova, captures this restless, daring artist interpreting a selection of songs that reflect his eclectic taste as a reflection of his customary willingness to challenge himself. The sum effect of hearing this recording from Italy in March of 2017 is an altogether glorious experience ...
read moreNever Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More
Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More
Glenn Berger
4569 (Kindle) Pages
ISBN: # 9781943156108
e: Schaffner Press
2016
“Never Say No to a Rock Star" is Glen Berger's lively account of his experiences participating in the production of ...
Dominique Eade & Ran Blake: Town And Country
Pianist Ran Blake has a long track record of collaborations with vocalists starting over 50 years ago when he made the album The Newest Sound Around with Jeanne Lee and continuing in the years since in recordings with Chris Connor, Christine Correa and Sara Serpa among others. This is his second meeting on disc with his ...
read moreNenad Georgievski's Best Releases of 2017
When you think of all of the music that comes your way in a single year's time, all attempts to compile an all-encompassing or comprehensive list seems to be difficult attempt. 2017 was a year full of work, travels, books, writing, achievements and plenty of music and new people. The list here presents some of the ...
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Straight Ahead by George Kahn
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Elvesang by Sigurd Hole
Story of the Day
The first jazz record I bought was Carmen McRae singing “Who Gave You permission?” Blew me away...
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