If it’s an even-numbered year, it’s a safe bet that guitarist Torben Waldorff will have a new album out, and it’s a similarly sound assumption that such a record will be well-conceived, mellifluous, and briskly performed. You May Also Like: Torben Waldorff – Holiday On Fire (2017) Maria Schneider OrchestraRead More
CAUTION: Contains perilous and daring musical adventures. Do not attempt. —Warning on back cover of Scott Robinson Doctette’s Bronze Nemesis CD You May Also Like: Jeff Cosgrove, Scott Robinson + Ken Filiano – Hunters & Scavengers (2018) Steve Robinson + Ed Woltil, “Love Somebody” from Cycle (2015): One Track MindRead More
An album applying some of the Eric Dolphy conception of out-jazz to the cinematic creepiness of David Lynch’s classic films can only be rightfully called Out To Lynch, right? You May Also Like: Dan Cavalca – Cinematic (2016)
Donald Fagen makes a clean break from his thirty-year-old crowning achievement, with a big assist from the Steely Dan machinery’s secret weapon. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “Maxine” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday Donald Fagen, “Ruby Baby” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday DonaldRead More
In his relentless pursuit of unique sounds with real emotional depth, Wadada Leo Smith has for nearly five decades experimented with so many approaches, both in styles and configurations You May Also Like: Wadada Leo Smith – Najwa (2017) Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith – a cosmic rhythm withRead More
Always talented, Pakistani-born guitarist Rez Abbasi is a skilled musician who’s really come into his own recently as not merely an instrumental whiz, but as a complete artist. You May Also Like: Rez Abbasi & Junction – Behind The Vibration (2016) Naya Baaz [Rez Abbasi + Josh Feinberg] – ‘Charm’Read More
*** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** On Donald Fagen’s last album Morph The Cat, there’s a great tune on there where he’s imagining himself as a young man asking Ray Charles what makes him tick. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “Maxine” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday