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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Listeners' Favorites

by Marc Cohn
December 20, 2019

It's that time, times two. A show with a number 5 at the end. So here's a slug of recent listener favorites from Gifts and Messages shows 391 to 400. As always, we had too much music to deal with and that's a good thing. So, my selections from your favorites try to achieve some variety ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Blue Note Review 2 & Play a Game with DrJ, Newk & Lady Day

by Marc Cohn
November 15, 2019

It's Gifts and Messages show No. 400 from the studios of WHYR—how did that happen? To celebrate (but let's face it, we celebrate every week), we have a game for you: tunes written by famous saxophonists 'reimagined' in 2019—name the composer. We also have a start on listening to the Blue Note Review #2 collectors' box ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gerald Cleaver, Steve Khan, Raffaele Casarano and More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 9, 2019

In the second part of this week's episode (for the first part click here) we continue our exploration of new releases with music by the likes of Gerald Cleaver, David Sánchez, Raffaele Casarano and Mirko Signorile as well as the return of veteran guitarist Steve Khan. Happy listening! Ben Allison ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Khan: Patchwork

Read "Patchwork" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 16, 2019

Amongst the many myths out there about music-making—especially in jazz, where the improvisation quotient is often so high—is that composing may, indeed, be work, but doesn't require the kind of relentless attention to detail that far more truthfully defines how many artists write and arrange their music. These days, one need only look to music by ...

Album

Public Access / Headline / Crossings

By Steve Khan

Label: BGO Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: CD1 (Public Access, 1989): Sisé; Blue Zone 41; Kamarica; Silent Screen; Mambosa; Butane Elvin; Botero People; Mama Chóla. (from Headline, 1992): Turnaround; Caribbean Fire Dance. CD2 (from Headline, 1992): All or Nothing at All. (Crossings, 1994): Descarga Khanalonious; Think of One; When I’m Said; Pee Wee; It’s You or No One; I Love Paris; Capricorn; Melancholee; Inner Urge; While My Lady Sleeps.

Article: Year in Review

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2018

by John Kelman
December 19, 2018

Once again, the chronic health problem that has reduced my writing pace to a crawl continues without any respite. My best of the year lists have traditionally been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, but with only a relative handful of reviews to choose from this year (and with those choices, more than ever now, ...

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2018: Part 1

by John Kelman
July 5, 2018

Part 1 | Part 22018 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Various Venues, Montréal, Canada June 29-July 3, 2018 Every return to Montréal for the city's annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is much-anticipated. Closing off six square blocks in the downtown core is rare enough; but, over ...

Article: Film Review

Randy Brecker Quintet: Live at Sweet Basil 1988

by John Kelman
June 5, 2018

Randy Brecker Quintet Live at Sweet Basil 1988 MVDvisual2018 Culled from direct-to-two-track digital recordings made on three of Randy Brecker's potent six-night 1988 run at New York City's Sweet Basil, and featuring a particularly top-drawer quintet of musical friends old and new, the original 1989 LP/CD release of Live at Sweet ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings

Read "Public Access / Headline / Crossings" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 25, 2018

It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, ...

Album

Against The Grain

By Phoebe Snow

Label: Sony Records Int'l
Released: 2017
Track listing: Every Night; Do Right Woman, Do Right Man; He's Not Just Another Man; Random Time; In My Life; You Have Not Won; Mama Don't Break Down; Oh L.A.; The Married Men; Keep A Watch On The Shoreline;