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Keith Jarrett - Radiance (2005)
By Mark Saleski Some musicians have the ability to transcend their physical talents to put on display their thought processes, a sort of direct conduit between the hands and that mysterious inner pool of music. Or... in Keith Jarrett's case, the lack of thought: How we arrive at profound thoughts has a lot to do with ...
Dapp Theory - Layers of Chance (2008)
By Mark Saleski Some people really have the wrong idea about jazz. They think that most of it falls into two very broad categories: traditional, where guys in suits play an introductory theme before taking turns soloing over the developed chord changes; and avant-garde, also known as “cats-on-piano" jazz, where everybody just plays whatever the hell ...
Mike Keneally and Metropole Orkest - The Universe Will Provide (2004)
By Tom Johnson I was a little disappointed with guitarist Mike Keneally's initial release of 2004, Dog. It seemed to be lacking a little something physical, some cohesive element, in the music, but where it worked it worked great. It was just too unbalanced by some out of place avant-garde-ish pieces that didn't really fit in ...
Something Else! Interview: Bill Champlin, Formerly of Chicago
By Nick DeRiso Bill Champlin, who co-founded the legendary Bay Area band the Sons of Champlin, is perhaps best known for his nearly three decades as a member of Chicago. But he had already collected a pair of Grammy awards before joining Chicago, first for “After the Love Is Gone" (a hit for Earth, Wind and ...
Manu Katche - Neighbourhood (2006)
By Mark Saleski Ever stumble into one of those snotty Internet arguments tugging back & forth about the capabilities of musicians? Specifically, the old “Is it possible for player X (an expert in genre A) to cross over to the land of genre B?" “Well, of course he can." “He's a master!" “No he can't." “This ...
Sonny Rollins - Plus Four (1956, Reissue)
By Mark Saleski Ever have a dream where the impossible has suddenly come true? No, I don't mean something like you've won the lottery, or you finally hooked up with that special someone. No, I'm talking about the impossible. In my case, it was my guitar playing ability. For a brief moment, I could play whatever ...
Neil Young - Living with War (2006)
By Mark Saleski The debate had become predictable; maybe a little sad, too. An artist was coming out with a protest record. You could hear the bluster from miles away. Folks twisted themselves into spittle-flecked knots in the attempt to dress down the album as insincere, misguided, vain, self-absorbed—go ahead, pick your own adjective. Add to ...
Forgotten Series: Tortoise - Tortoise (1994)
By Tom Johnson I suppose the most effective argument I could make to indicate that this album got under my skin is that during the fourth track, titled “Onions Wrapped in Rubber," I was imagining scenes from the 1986 sci-fi thriller Aliens. Static-ridden visions of the Marines making their way through the dark recesses of the ...
Claudio Scolari/Daniele Cavalca - Colors of Red Island (2011)
Usually when we're on the topic of a record led by a drummer, the story will be about a bandleader and sometimes, the primary composer, who also happens to be the drummer. The burden of carrying of melody and most of the solos usually falls on other players, that ones with the tonal instruments. Not so ...
Viktor Krauss - Far from Enough (2004)
By Tom Johnson I spent most of the morning flipping between one disc and the next, restless for something that actually fit my mood. I just didn't want to, you know, as they say, deal and nothing particularly appealed to me. On days like this, I tend to gather up a pretty disparate grouping of artists ...
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