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Article: Live Review

Obsolescence Quartet at The Treelawn Social Club

by John Chacona
January 21, 2026

Obsolescence QuartetThe Treelawn Social Club Cleveland, OH January 11, 2026 An evening of completely improvised music by top-level players is not an everyday thing in Cleveland. So the Sunday evening set by the cheekily named Obsolescence Quartet (an oblique reference to the effects on human creators of artificial intelligence) was ...

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Article: Album Review

Ernie Krivda: Blues for Pekar

Read "Blues for Pekar" reviewed by Matt Marshall

by Matt Marshall
July 11, 2011

On Blues for Pekar, Cleveland saxophonist Ernie Krivda pays tribute, not only to the late writer, critic and jazz aficionado Harvey Pekar, but also to the time and place from which both men hailed. Working with the Detroit Connection rhythm section also featured on the saxophonist's Live at the Dirty Dog (CIMPoL, 2010), Krivda swings mightily ...

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Kari Gaffney: Angel Eyes

Read "Angel Eyes" reviewed by Harvey Pekar

by Harvey Pekar
November 5, 2002

Once every generation an artist comes along who transcends a particular style of music and broadens its appeal to listeners of all stripes. For vocal jazz, that artist is undoubtedly Kari Gaffney. Angel Eyes, Gaffney’s sexy, sultry release, illuminates songs of the classic songbook, as well as a twist of some of the not so obvious. ...