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Gene Clark & Carla Olson: So Rebellious A Lover
by Doug Collette
At first glance, it may be hard to tell the difference between the two Sunset Blvd. CD packages of Gene Clark & Carla Olson's So Rebellious A Lover. Close inspection reveals the 2025 edition is issued in the digi-pak format and contains an ever-so-slightly different set of bonus tracks than its predecessor (the colored vinyl set ...
Satoko Fujii: Endlessly Challenging
by Doug Collette
One of contemporary jazz music's most prolific artists, pianist/composer/bandleader Satoko Fujii refuses to repeat herself except with a purpose. While she is never reticent to embark on novel adventures in composing, playing, arranging and recording, she is likewise hardly averse to revisiting previous collaborations in search of fresh inspiration in the context of the familiar. Devotees ...
François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély and Bob Bralove / Patti Weiss: Intimacy Writ Large
by Doug Collette
The intimacy of a given musical setting does not necessarily translate to accessibility. And duo performances can be among the most thought-provoking of any instrumental combination, revealing not only the fundamental difficulty of not just playing music with skill, but doing so via interaction with other musicians. Besides that particular enlightenment, these coincidental releases further illuminate ...
Perceptions Trio: The Wicked Crew
by Doug Collette
It is a dark and spooky experience indeed to hear Perception Trio's The Wicked Crew for the first time. But the ethereal sensations grow rather than dissipate with repeated listenings, making for an all-encompassing, lasting impression. What may be most miraculous about the passage of this fifty-three minutes is the light touch each of ...
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life
by Doug Collette
As passionate as each man is intelligent, both pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith also manifest healthy egos. Accordingly, collaborations like Defiant Life require each man to contour his skills to complement the other sufficiently. Their shared humility is intrinsic to solidifying the inspiring bond that arises from the two not only playing, but ...
Grateful Dead: Idiosyncratic Improvisationalists
by Doug Collette
As the Grateful Dead morphed from an eccentric folk-blues group into an eclectic jam juggernaut, the band adopted an idiosyncratic approach to improvisation they would then hone over three decades. Regular shifts of personnel nurtured an ongoing alteration of the Dead's musicianship, as did the growing wealth of original material the group interspersed with a wide ...
John Lee Hooker And Elmore James: Deep Blues
by Doug Collette
Perfectly complementary in the earthy simplicity of the music, archive titles by John Lee Hooker and Elmore James offer an antidote to the antiseptic ephemera that is contemporary pop. The Standard School Broadcast of the former's presents an unusual concert recording originally presented on an educational radio series, while erudite essayist Bill Dahl curated the latter's ...
Neil Young: Big Change Is Coming
by Doug Collette
Neil Young works in strange ways. That might well go without saying, but it deserves repeating if only because, with the release of a brand-new song with a novel lineup of musicians, the inscrutable singer/songwriter has once more tossed a sharp curveball. “big change is coming" (no caps intentional) may simultaneously delight and confound ...
The Silver Snarling Trumpet - The Birth of the Grateful Dead: The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
by Doug Collette
The Silver Snarling Trumpet -The Birth of the Grateful Dead: The Lost Manuscript of Robert HunterRobert Hunter256 Pages ISBN: #978-0306835155 Hachette Book Group2024 Notwithstanding occasional recordings under his own name and his even more rare live performances, the late Robert Hunter maintained a decidedly low public profile during ...
Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown
by Doug Collette
Bob Dylan A Complete Unknown Searchlight Pictures2024 As with so many artistic efforts related to Bob Dylan, James Mangold's biopic A Complete Unknown may work best simply as the means to an end (and not just as inspiration to revisit the Nobel Prize winner's music). The film certainly benefits from ...
