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From the Stacks: Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 6
By Pico Here we are at Volume 6, and while there's still a few dozen CD's that are worthy of mention sitting on my shelves or lying somewhere on the floor, this is likely going to be the last installment of “Pico's 2010 Stacks." A post-Thanksgiving version covering a few major 2010 jazz releases that we've ...
The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
By Mark Saleski Clearly I have been spending an awful lot of time with Darkness on the Edge of Town this week. Too much time maybe? What does that mean? It's an interesting question and, as it turns out, it doesn't have meaning...at least not for me. Last weekend, me and TheWife were out running our ...
From the Stacks: Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 5
By Pico This bundle extracted from The Stacks is a real mish-mash of jazz styles: whack (of course), third stream, rock fusion, ethnic fusion and more. Established vets showing us how it was done in the old days and open minded newcomers infusing new ideas. Heck, there's even older guys trying out new ideas. That's what ...
Unsigned Treasures: Alex Hirsch - Naturally (2009)
By Nick DeRiso In a time of buttoned-down, procedural rock records, Alex Hirsch is still admirably working toward one of those old-school Grand Statements that defies category. Hirsch, whose dad is television and Broadway star Judd Hirsch of “Taxi" fame, brilliantly races through musical subgenres—and personas—on Naturally. That makes for an album that's simultaneously brash and ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: Houston '78 Bootleg (2010)
By Mark Saleski The Darkness on the Edge of Town tour has taken on a sort of mythic quality, mostly because there has been scant video evidence. This “bootleg" tape unearthed by Camp Springsteen confirms what fans lucky enough to have seen one of the shows have known all along: this was the E Street Band ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)
By Mark Saleski It is perhaps too easy to dismiss the work of celebrities. In the case of Bruce Springsteen, there has been much vitriol expressed over his “supposed" blue collar leanings, as if success can (no...must) wipe out your roots. If you look back at this documentary on the making of Darkness on the Edge ...
From the Stacks: Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 4
By Pico Here's another half dozen batch of jazz wholesomeness brought to us by both emerging and established artists, from the mainstream to the insane-stream. Half of these are pianoless trios but with entirely different lead instruments, which seems to be a trend among the more adventurous musicians, and these guys can flat out cut it. ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: The Lost Sessions (2010)
By Mark Saleski To call this group of songs “The Lost Sessions" is to put a slightly misleading spin on things. We all know the story, the one of the huge volume of music that Bruce wrote post-Born To Run with some songs ending up on Darkness On The Edge Of Town, some on The River, ...
Bruce Springsteen: The Promise: Darkness on the Edge of Town Remastered (1978)
By Mark Saleski This world of digital sound can be quite tricky. The original line about CDs was that they would provide “perfect sound forever." Yeah, sure. In their haste to get product to market, the early mastering jobs produced less than stellar results. In the intervening years, we've learned a lot about this process, although ...
From the Stacks: Pico's 2010 Stacks, Volume 3
By Pico Volume 3 of my Stacks series makes it twenty albums considered and off my “pending" pile this week. This installment, like the prior two, follows no predetermined pattern, although I admit I inserted Barry Harris' latest offering at the last minute when I realized I didn't have any enough of the longtime well-known masters ...
