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The Tzadik Factor
by Nathan Holaway
A record company was born in NYC in 1995 that was the start of something extremely special for all kinds of music: Tzadik. Started by John Zorn, the label is gaining ground and seems uninterested in looking back to see who or what music is left behind to choke on its dust. The label's motto, posted ...
Euro Jazz Innovators
by Nathan Holaway
We are in one of the most conservative musical times in the history of jazz, at least in the US, where most of this wonderful, genius music was created. With the return of Dexter Gordon from Europe and arrival of Wynton Marsalis, jazz was ushered into its first real Neo-Classic Era. Now multitudes of Jazz Orchestras, ...
Best Live Rock Recordings: 1969-1979
by C. Michael Bailey
Critic's Note While not directly jazz-related, this top ten list of the best live Rock recordings has been banging around in my head for several years just waiting for a chance to get out. As part of the bargain, I will follow up this series with one that addresses the best ten live Jazz recordings in ...
The Best Live Recordings: Rock and Beyond...
by C. Michael Bailey
Original Preface, 2004 Okay, Okay. I noted that I had said that I would conclude my list of The Top Ten Live Rock Recordings with a list of five rather than ten other live discs to be considered. I love live music and that is why I hedged. Here are a couple more recordings deserving some ...
The Allman Brothers Band
by Doug Collette
Idlewild South (Capricorn/UMG) 1970When you measured your music by sides of lp's, there were few if any comparisons to side one of this one. From “Revival" to “Don't Keep Me Wonderin'" through “Midnight Rider" and “ In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,' this sequence of tracks showed how the band had ...
Fantasy Jazz, Volume 2
by Chris M. Slawecki
What's in a name? If you've been collecting music for any considerable length of time, you know the answer to this question is: Plenty. Because if you've been collecting music, you've been shopping for music. Shop for music long enough and experience will teach that you enjoy the work of some artists ...
Fantasy Jazz, Volume 1
by Chris M. Slawecki
What's in a name? If you've been collecting music for any considerable length of time, you know the answer to this question is: Plenty. Because if you've been collecting music, you've been shopping for music. Shop for music long enough and experience will teach that you enjoy the work of some artists ...
Steve Lacy
by Todd S. Jenkins
Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy is not only one of the few players since Sidney Bechet to specialize on the straight horn, he has become one of the most prolifically recorded musicians in jazz during a career that has spanned nearly fifty years. Though his early roots were in Dixieland, where he freely drew from Bechet's legacy, ...
