instrumental Archive
28 May 2013
Album Review: Johnny Lytle — The Soulful Rebel / People & Love
Growing up, I heard a lot of music in my home. My parents were in those days big music fans, even though neither could carry a tune. They knew what […]
20 May 2013
Album Review: Various Artists — The Birth of Soul Jazz
Early on into my jazz odyssey* of discovery, I found that although I very much enjoyed bop, swing, free and fusion, the style of jazz that resonated most for me […]
13 May 2013
Album Review: Oscar Pettiford — Baden-Baden 1958/1959
Not for the first time, Music Hound: Jazz has let me down. Jazz novitiate that I am, I was unfamiliar with the name Oscar Pettiford. So to that weighty […]
25 Mar 2013
Album Review: Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective
Seven CDs represents quite a lot of music. And all of the music on Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective was recorded in the space of six and half year years. […]
11 Mar 2013
Album Review: Jutta Hipp – The German Recordings 1952-1955
Had the life and career of Jutta Hipp not happened, pop culture might have had to fabricate them. Hers is such a unique, compelling, mystifying and ultimately frustrating story that […]
08 Mar 2013
Capsule Reviews: March 2013, Part 1
Here’s another in my occasional series of capsule reviews; once again I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but time doesn’t allow for full-length reviews of everything, […]
22 Feb 2013
Album Review: Huw Lloyd-Langton – Rare & Unreleased Anthology 1971-2012
You could be forgiven if, upon seeing the cover of Rare & Unreleased Anthology 1971-2012 for the first time, you chuckled and thought it sported a photo of Spinal Tap‘s […]
13 Feb 2013
Album Review: Bobbi Humphrey – Dig This!
Some jazz purists might look down their noses and sniff at the style known as soul jazz. And while I don’t share their point of view, I understand where they’re […]
08 Feb 2013
Album Review: Duke Ellington Orchestra – Big Bands Live
Duke Ellington is one of the most important figures in American music, let alone within the jazz idiom. Bandleader, arranger, pianist, composer, popularizer of jazz…Ellington’s influence is incalculable. His vast […]
22 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 4
Here’s still another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews; today I cover rock, prog, industrial/EDM and…you decide. I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but […]