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New Music Monday: Santana and Sinead O’Connor, Don Byron and Blue Öyster Cult
New Music Monday beings another truckload of interesting releases, not least of which are Cursive, Don Byron, Mona and Sinead O’Connor
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Something Else! on the 2012 Grammys: Adele sweeps … so why didn’t we love 21 more?
We love Adele’s poise, her earthy attitude, the roiling emotion in her voice. So why don’t we love the newly crowned six-time Grammy winner’s album 21? Blasphemy, right?
Justin Walter – Stars (2012)
Trumpeter Justin Walter sensed that his latest album Stars was destined to be out of the ordinary. “I was very aware from the beginning that this was going to be a strange album,” he acknowledges, “but I also wanted it to be a serious album.”
Half Notes: Sean Noonan Brewed by Noon – Boxing Dreams (2008)
I love a good musical crossover. By that I don’t mean when a country star has a pop hit. No, what I’m talking about is a tune that is taken completely out of context by being covered in a different genre. One of my favorite records is called Brand New Second Hand, a collection of pop tunes that have been [...]
Pete Robbins Transatlantic Quartet – Live In Basel (2012)
Both Pete Robbins’ band and music represents reaching across from one space to another. The aptly named Transatlantic Quartet consists of musicians on either side of the “pond,” starting with the Massachusetts saxophonist Robbins
Jeff Lorber Fusion – Galaxy (2012)
Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term “Jeff Lorber Fusion” seems almost redundant.
New Music Monday: Jumping jazz from Jack DeJohnette and Wadada Leo Smith
Here’s a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release for the week of Jan. 16, 2012.
Remembering Michael Brecker, five years later
Hard to wrap my mind around the fact that as of yesterday, Michael Brecker has been dead for five years, now.
Gimme Five: Underrated examples of when jazz guys got funky
A look at five jazz albums with grooves in the pocket — even if they weren’t much in the press.
New Music Monday: Cool rocking reissues include Bo Diddley, Billy Joel, Dave Brubeck
Here’s a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release during the week of Jan. 9, 2012.
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