jazz Archive
21 Apr 2023
Album Review: Walter Bishop Jr. – Bish at the Bank
Baltimore, Maryland had a thriving and lively jazz scene in the mid-to late 1960s and well into the early ‘70s. Proof positive was the success of the Famous Ballroom, a […]
20 Apr 2023
Album Review: Shirley Scott – Queen Talk
One of the fascinating and often defining characteristics of jazz is the manner in which artists draw upon the work of others, bending it to their own purposes. The recasting […]
19 Apr 2023
Album Review: Sonny Stitt – Boppin’ in Baltimore
Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds truly are jazz detectives. Together or on their own, these two men are responsible for bringing treasure troves of previously unheard jazz recordings to the […]
25 Mar 2023
Album Review: Peggy Lee — Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota
If you were a rock fan in 1972, chances are good that you had no use for so-called “easy listening” music. That was the stuff your parents and their uncool […]
22 Feb 2023
Hundred Word Reviews, February 2023 Part Three
Tasty new music, with reviews brought to you in easily digestible 100-word form. Juniper – She Steals Candy It has been three years since Juniper Shelley released her debut album. […]
01 Jan 2023
30 Days Out, January 2023 #1: GA-20, Larkin Poe, Firecracker Jazz Band, Samantha Fish
There’s definitely something of a theme to this, the first 30DO of the new year. All of the live music performances previewed this time are blues or jazz. One of […]
16 Dec 2022
Musoscribe’s Best of 2022: New Releases
2022 has been another great year for new music. Even with everything else going on, I’ve reviewed nearly 120 new albums this year on Musoscribe. And in compiling my annual […]
15 Dec 2022
30 Days Out, Dec. 2022 #2: Russ Wilson, Datrian Johnson, Asheville Jazz Orchestra, Moon Hooch
The end of the year and the cold of winter represent something of a return to form for Asheville; most of the tourists are gone, and locally-based artists who tour […]
13 Dec 2022
Album Review: The Comet is Coming – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam
Despite what some stuck-in-the-past nostalgic types might assert, there’s plenty of good (and sometimes even great) music being made today. The best artists still find ways to offer up something […]
07 Dec 2022
Album Review: Connie Han — Secrets of Inanna
There was a time when jazz was edgy, boundary-pushing and even threatening (albeit in a good way). Some may disagree, but other than free jazz – which is frankly too […]