instrumental Archive
15 Dec 2014
Album Review: Jimmy McIntosh — Jimmy McIntosh And…
Jimmy McIntosh – Jimmy McIntosh And… A decidedly original concept is at work here. McIntosh is a journeyman guitarist who, for the last several years, has been working within the […]
21 Nov 2014
Album Review: Oscar Peterson — Exclusively for My Friends [6LP box set]
Oscar Peterson was one of the most beloved figures in jazz. His recording career began in 1945, got fully underway in the 1950s, and tapered off as his health declined […]
24 Oct 2014
Back to Bassics: A Chat with Tony Levin
Among musicians, Tony Levin is as close as once can come to being a household name. Among the wider public, he’s not well known at all. That may be because […]
29 Aug 2014
Album Review: Hedersleben — Die Neuen Welten
According to our friends over at Wikipedia, krautrock is defined as “a form of rock and electronic music that originated in Germany in the late 1960s, with a tendency towards […]
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, […]
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 […]
03 Jun 2014
Album Review: Clearlight — Impressionist Symphony
With precious few exceptions, attempting a classical-rock hybrid is at worst a fool’s errand, at best a thankless task. All too often, this most ambitious of goals – bringing together […]
24 Apr 2014
Album Review: Lalo Schifrin — ‘Bullitt’ Soundtrack
Here’s a look at another Record Store Day release, available on limited-edition 200-gram vinyl. If, like me, you grew up in the late 60s and early 70s, this music will […]
23 Apr 2014
Album Review: Jaco Pastorius – Modern American Music…Period! The Criteria Sessions
This week, I’m quite busy attending Moogfest 2014 here in Asheville NC, the adopted of hometown of both myself and the late Dr. R.A. Moog, for whom the five day […]