instrumental Archive
04 Nov 2024
Wide Hive Records and Daggerboard: Sailing Against the Current
Out of the ashes of a groundbreaking Bay Area music collective comes another group. Musically different but built upon the same creative values, Daggerboard is forward-looking and rooted in tradition. […]
03 Nov 2024
Album Review: Shueh-li Ong – MissOriented Metaphor
The Theremin is an otherworldly instrument. Arguably one of the earliest synthesizers, it’s a purely analog device. One doesn’t touch the Theremin; playing it involves moving one’s hands in the […]
02 Nov 2024
Album Review: Greg Lisher – Underwater Detection Method
In my line of work, I listen to a lot of music; if not all different kinds, then at least many different kinds. Increasingly, though, when I listen purely for […]
20 Sep 2024
Album Review: Chick Corea Trilogy
More than a decade ago – 2013, in fact, Chick Corea released a live album, Trilogy. Featuring him on acoustic piano with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade (plus […]
22 Aug 2024
The Aristocrats: No Words to Describe Them
Like the boundary-pushing and scandalously vulgar joke for which they’re named, The Aristocrats aren’t for everyone. But their brand of genre-blurring music – combining jazz, hard rock, fusion, prog and […]
16 Aug 2024
Album Review: Introducing The Rare Sounds
I’ve written quite often about Eddie Roberts. There’s good reason for that: he stand tall among the music community as an artist who makes music that’s soulful, tasteful, appealing and […]
12 Aug 2024
Album Review: Gerald Cannon – Live at Dizzy’s Club
One quick glance at the stylized cover of Gerald Cannon’s Live at Dizzy’s Club hips the uninitiated to the fact that the record is likely to serve up some classic-era […]
03 Aug 2024
Album Review: Tu-Ner – Tu-Ner for Lovers
Playing the music of King Crimson is technically demanding; it requires a level of musicianship to which most players can only aspire. Actually playing as a member of King Crimson […]
31 Jul 2024
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: Right Place, Right Time
DLO3 Makes Timeless Soul Jazz for Today When it comes to jazz organ trios, a certain style and era often comes to mind. Great outfits led by Jimmy Smith, Brother […]
13 Jun 2024
Album Review: Sun Ra – At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1977-1978
Zev Feldman has applied his “jazz detective” approach to a dizzying array of artists, unearthing previously unheard recordings by landmark artists ranging from Bill Evans to Mel Lewis to Les […]