instrumental Archive
23 Oct 2013
Capsule Reviews: Concord/Pablo Jazz Reissues
This time ’round in my capsule reviews, I take quick looks at five new reissues from Concord’s Original Jazz Classics series. All five were originally issued on Norman Granz’ Pablo […]
01 Oct 2013
Fall Capsule Reviews, Part Two
Once again, here’s an entry in my occasional capsule review series. This go-round I’ll take a quick look at four brand-new, nominally jazz albums. The New Gary Burton […]
30 Sep 2013
Fall Capsule Reviews, Part One
As regular readers know, periodically I engage in a desk-tidying activity whereby I cover a pile of albums – discs deserving of coverage, but ones I haven’t gotten to as […]
25 Sep 2013
Directed Energy: The Joe Satriani Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: You’ve used keyboards before, of course, but the new album (and the last couple) features Mike Keneally, as opposed to on some of the […]
24 Sep 2013
Directed Energy: The Joe Satriani Interview, Part One
Joe Satriani is that unique guitarist who is both revered by the crowd that digs technically amazing musicians, yet possesses a great deal of mainstream appeal. That success is a […]
20 Sep 2013
Cupid’s Arrow Hits its Mark: The Van Duren and Vicki Loveland Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Not to put words in your mouth, but was it a case of that as the songs would develop, you’d instinctively know who’d sing […]
28 Aug 2013
August Jazz Roundup #2
The esteemed Concord Music Group continues its series of thoughtful reissues of jazz classics from its catalog holdings with five titles originally issued on the Riverside label. I covered Chet […]
08 Aug 2013
Stick Man for Stick Men: The Pat Mastelotto Interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One… BK: This is an oversimplification, but bear with me. In rock, the drums pretty much keep the beat. In jazz, the beat is often implied. In […]
06 Aug 2013
August Jazz Roundup #1
In my occasional series of capsule reviews, I arbitrarily limit myself to a specific word-count; as much as anything else, it’s to keep the editor in me amused. Anyway, today […]
23 Jul 2013
Album Review: Soft Machine Legacy – Burden of Proof
Readers of rock history will occasionally stumble across references to the “Canterbury scene,” a construct of music journalists that – in real terms – hardly happened at all. But the […]