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Glenn Astarita

Born: August 21

I own a jazz/blues club (Water's Edge Bar & Grill) in Slidell, LA and write for Downbeat magazine, the New Orleans Weekly Gambit, All About Jazz and other music related mags/zines. Play the drums (briefly studied with Andrew Cyrille) and trying to start a house band at the club. Did some freelance photography years back, i.e. Corporate Functions, landscapes, drunks. Also spent time in a rainforest in Indonesia.

I'm an Information Technology Consultant (Not too persistent, but pushy by nature.) Hence, results oriented. Resumes are available upon request

Blumer-Dell-Geisser-Morgenthaler: Live at Loft Köln

by Glenn Astarita
November 7, 2026

Free improvisation can be a demanding proposition, particularly when four musicians dispense with familiar melodies, predictable rhythms and conventional solo structures. Yet the most accomplished practitioners understand that freedom alone does not guarantee compelling music. On Live at Loft Köln, bassist Fridolin Blumer joins vibraphonist Christopher Dell, percussionist Heinz Geisser and trombonist Robert Morgenthaler for six ...

Stephan Crump: Passerine

by Glenn Astarita
November 5, 2026

Bassist and composer Stephan Crump has rarely been interested in conventional jazz architecture. His ensembles emphasize interaction, with compositions that leave ample space for musicians to reshape the music as it unfolds. On Passerine, Crump leads a quartet featuring Kenny Warren on trumpet, David Leon on alto flute and saxophone and Ches Smith on percussion. Inspired ...

Stephen Byth: Growth in Stasis

by Glenn Astarita
November 2, 2026

Stephen Byth brings a composer's imagination and a saxophonist's instincts to Growth in Stasis, an impressive debut that establishes his emerging voice in contemporary jazz. Raised in Australia and now based in New York City, he draws on modern jazz traditions while developing a language distinguished by memorable melodies, sparkling arrangements and inventive ensemble interplay. The ...

Red Kite: This Too Shall Pass

by Glenn Astarita
October 31, 2026

Norwegian quartet Red Kite has long blurred the boundaries between jazz and progressive rock. Formed in 2013, the group brought together musicians associated with Shining, Elephant9, Bushman's Revenge and Grand General, drawing from heavy rock, psychedelia and free improvisation. This Too Shall Pass, the band's third album, follows a lengthy hiatus and a significant personnel change. ...

Jason Kao Hwang / Human Rites Trio: Second Life

by Glenn Astarita
October 19, 2026

Violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang has spent much of his career moving between jazz, contemporary composition, and free improvisation, often blurring the distinctions between them. His Human Rites Trio with bassist Ken Filiano and drummer/percussionist Andrew Drury first recorded together on Human Rites Trio (True Sound Recordings, 2020), though the three have worked together in ...

Tim Morse: The Fourth Crossing

by Glenn Astarita
October 14, 2026

Multi-instrumentalist Tim Morse has long operated in the progressive-rock sphere, both as a solo artist and through various band projects, while his more recent recordings have increasingly emphasized keyboards, synthesizers and electronic textures. The Fourth Crossing continues along that path, with Morse again building much of the music around layered keyboards, analog synth colors and atmospheric ...

Bushman's Revenge: Ah, Les Vaches

by Glenn Astarita
October 13, 2026

Norway's Bushman's Revenge has long occupied its own corner of the Scandinavian progressive music scene, where jazz improvisation, psychedelic rock and heavy guitar music regularly cross paths. Guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, drummer Gard Nilssen and new bassist Tor Egil Kreken retain the power-trio format, but brute force is only part of the equation. What distinguishes the ...

Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Kompress

by Glenn Astarita
October 11, 2026

Punkt.Vrt.Plastik has spent nearly a decade demonstrating that the piano trio need not behave like a piano trio. Pianist Kaja Draksler, bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Christian Lillinger established their peculiar chemistry on the excellent Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Intakt, 2018), pushed it into more intricately constructed territory with Somit (Intakt, 2021) and documented its live potency on Zurich ...

Brand X: Theory of Nothing: Record Live in 1977

by Glenn Astarita
October 10, 2026

Every so often an archival release arrives that makes you wonder how such music remained unheard for so long. Theory of Nothing: Recorded Live 1977 is one of those releases. Drawn from reel-to-reel tapes discovered in the collection of Brand X keyboardist Robin Lumley, this two-CD set captures the British progressive rock / jazz fusion band ...