jazz Archive
18 May 2022
Album Review: Dave Brubeck Trio – Live from Vienna 1967
The latest in posthumous recordings courtesy of the Brubeck Editions series, Live from Vienna 1967 is a thrilling, you-are-there live recording featuring the pianist and superb sidemen Joe Morello on […]
29 Apr 2022
Album Review: Natalie Cole — Unforgettable…With Love
By the early 1990s, Natalie Cole was anything but a newcomer to the music world. Daughter of legendary Nat “King” Cole, she had long since established herself as an R&B/soul […]
16 Apr 2022
30 Days Out, April 2022 #2: Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Karla Bonoff, Victor Wooten, Brian Jonestown Massacre
Steel-pan jazz, classic singer-songwriter, visionary funk/jam/beyond, and real rock ‘n’ roll. Those are merely the highlights of what’s featured in and around Asheville live-music-wise in the next 30 days. Artist: […]
14 Apr 2022
Album Review: Pepper Adams – Live at Room at the Top
To date, my familiarity to the work of saxophonist and composer Pepper Adams has been minimal. I discovered and enjoyed a 2014 vinyl reissue of Bethlehem Records’ 1960 release Motor […]
12 Apr 2022
Album Review: Bill Evans — Inner Spirit
A week’s worth of coverage of new vinyl releases continues with the second of two archival releases from a jazz giant. Bill Evans played Buenos Aires in 1973, and a […]
11 Apr 2022
Album Review: Bill Evans – Morning Glory
A week’s worth of coverage of new vinyl releases kicks off with a vintage recording. Bill Evans earned fame for his work with Miles Davis, and went on to an […]
15 Feb 2022
30 Days Out, February 2022 #2: Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Jill Sobule, Pimps of Pompe, Bob Mould
I endeavor to shine a light on local artists in “30 Days Out.” This time I only cover one of those, because the touring acts coming to town are so […]
04 Feb 2022
Album Review: The Ed Palermo Big Band – I’ve Got News For You: The Music of Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter is most well known for a short list of things: his instrumental hit single “Frankenstein” and being the brother of (late) guitarist Johnny Winter are chief among those. […]
31 Jan 2022
30 Days Out, February 2022 #1: Honeycutters, Laura Blackley, Pet Metheny, Parquet Courts
Live shows! No, really! Artist: Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters Venue: The Grey Eagle Date: Saturday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m. Door: $22 The best (and highest profile) alt-country band […]
29 Jan 2022
Album Review: Scott T. Jones — Fictional Characters
If your tastes run toward fusion – not the watered-down Weather Channel background music, but the muscular, virtuosic but melodic stuff – then you might well be frustrated with the […]