jazz Archive
19 Aug 2014
“How did we get where we are right now?” A Conversation with Todd Cochran (Part 1)
Earlier this year, I spent a delightful and fascinating afternoon in conversation with Todd Cochran, aka Bayeté. His 1972 album Worlds Around the Sun has just gotten the deluxe reissue […]
15 Aug 2014
Hundred Word Reviews for August 2014, Part 5
My week-long run of hundred-word reviews wraps up with five new and recently-released jazz albums. Michael Bellar and The As-is Ensemble – Oh No Oh Wow Keyboards anchor this varied […]
12 Aug 2014
Hundred Word Reviews for August 2014, Part 2
Today’s set of five 100-word capsule reviews looks at recently-reissued, previously-unreleased, and/or compilation albums. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini: Original Stereo Soundtrack What we have here, in my estimation, […]
04 Aug 2014
Album Review: Magma — Zühn Wöhl Ünsaï / Live 1974
To some – okay, to most – the idea of a progressive jazz-rock group performing music in an obscure language of their own making might seem, laughable, pretentious, or…laughably pretentious. […]
25 Jul 2014
Hundred-word Reviews July 2014, Part Five
All this week, I’ve been working to reduce the contents of my in-box to manageable levels; these are the last five of 25 albums in that effort, each review adhering […]
22 Jul 2014
Hundred-word Reviews July 2014, Part Two
I’m bound and determined to reduce the contents of my in-box to manageable levels, so this week I’ll be covering 25 albums, each adhering to a 100-word limit. Don’t mistake […]
15 Jul 2014
Short Cuts: July Mini-reviews, Part Two
Here’s another entry in my short-review series; these three are instrumental albums. Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Boy Named Charlie Brown An entire generation grew up with the music of […]
20 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: In the entry on you in the Music Hound Jazz book, the reviewer makes the points that your back catalog is in shameful disarray, […]
19 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Though you’re certainly grounded at least in part in rock styles, another remarkable quality of your musicianship to me is the way you take […]
18 Jun 2014
A Chat with Larry Coryell, Part One
One might describe Larry Coryell as something of an undiscovered legend. To those in the know – jazz/fusion aficionados and those like me fortunate enough to stumble onto his vast […]