jazz Archive
09 Nov 2015
November 100-word Reviews, Part 1
It’s time for some more hundred-word reviews. Note that in my opinion each of these deserves fuller coverage, but with the large volume of good music about which to tell […]
23 Oct 2015
Album Review: Bill Evans — The Complete Fantasy Recordings
Bill Evans was a singular figure in the world of music, and even more so within the context of the jazz idiom. His music could never quite be described as […]
08 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 7 of 8
Today features hundred word reviews of archival and reissue releases from American and overseas labels. The Brecker Brothers – The Bottom Line Archive This is the latest from the new […]
07 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 6 of 8
Today I take quick looks at excellent reissue and compilation releases from three labels that excel at that kind of thing: Omnivore Recordings, Light in the Attic and Real Gone […]
04 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 5 of 8
Lightening the mood a bit today with some power-pop leaning releases, leavened with some heavier, more adventurous sounds. The Prime Ministers – Youngstown Milk Run Don’t allow yourself to be […]
01 Sep 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September, Part 2 of 8
More hundred-word reviews. Today it’s progjazz, prog-rock, and rock rock. Lorenzo Feliciati – Koi Rare Noise Records can reliably be counted upon to release challenging, outsider-flavored music that leans toward, […]
31 Aug 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for September (sic), Part 1 of 8
Time to clear the backlog of discs – worthy ones all – cluttering my office. Beginning today, and occasionally interrupted by other content, here’s a solid two weeks of hundred-word […]
24 Aug 2015
Concert Review: Jaga Jazzist — Asheville NC, 23 June 2015
Demonstrating yet again that – more than sixty-odd years after the dawn of rock’n’roll – popular music idioms remain fertile ground for experimentation and cross-fertilization, Jaga Jazzist combines rock, jazz, […]
30 Jul 2015
Six Years of Musoscribe: Jazz
Other than a copy of Weather Report‘s Heavy Weather purchased back in the 80s, I never paid attention to jazz until the last couple of decades. And even then, my […]
13 Jul 2015
Album Review: Thelonious Monk — The Complete Riverside Recordings
In my final year of college, I was exceedingly fortunate to have signed up for a course called American Popular Music History: Stephen Foster to the Present. There were only […]