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The Daily Doug: The Albums That Shaped My Career

The Daily Doug: The Albums That Shaped My Career

Composer, educator and vocal-group conductor Douglas Helvering, best known for his YouTube channel, The Daily Doug, discusses LPs that changed everything.

George Crotty Trio - 'Chronotope' (2022)

George Crotty Trio – ‘Chronotope’ (2022)

Like the cello trailblazers before him, George Crotty shows us the vast potential of his instrument, and he applies that potential globally while making it sound great for his Trio’s second album ‘Chronotope.’

Monkey House's 'Future Is Almost Gone,' 'The Jazz Life' + Others: Gimme Five

Monkey House’s ‘Future Is Almost Gone,’ ‘The Jazz Life’ + Others: Gimme Five

The latest edition of Gimme Five finds Preston Frazier digging into a handful of favorites from Don Breithaupt’s Monkey House.

Alestorm – 'Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum' (2022)

Alestorm – ‘Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum’ (2022)

Alestorm’s pirate ship has been righted and is back on course.

Steely Dan, "Carey" (circa 2001): Steely Dan Sunday

Steely Dan, “Carey” (circa 2001): Steely Dan Sunday

Fully completed Steely Dan studio recordings not officially released are rare. Steely Dan covers are rare. Their newly uncovered take on Joni Mitchell’s “Carey intersects both kinds of rarities.

Esthesis Quartet - 'Esthesis Quartet' (2022)

Esthesis Quartet – ‘Esthesis Quartet’ (2022)

The new and stimulating all-woman collective Esthesis Quartet has quickly established a signature sound that’s as pleasing as it is intrepid.

How 'Live: Oy Vey, Baby' Reminded Us That We Never Deserved Tin Machine

How ‘Live: Oy Vey, Baby’ Reminded Us That We Never Deserved Tin Machine

Tin Machine closed out their underrated career 30 years ago this week with a live LP that was once again thrillingly rough, angular and always quirky.

Tony Williams - 'Play or Die' (1980; 2022 remaster)

Tony Williams – ‘Play or Die’ (1980; 2022 remaster)

Tony Williams’ new remaster of the barely released 1980 record ‘Play or Die’ is much more than a curiosity. It’s a legit statement on fusion jazz.

Kirk Knuffke Trio - 'Gravity Without Airs' (2022)

Kirk Knuffke Trio – ‘Gravity Without Airs’ (2022)

Kirk Knuffke has long been called a rising-star cornet player but ‘Gravity Without Airs’ is not the work of an ascending artist but a completely developed musician.

Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Pat Mastelotto, David Torn + Others - 'Through the Wire' (2022)

Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Pat Mastelotto, David Torn + Others – ‘Through the Wire’ (2022)

Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, David Torn and others spent two years creating ‘Through the Wire,’ a tribute to the “artistry and humanity” of Peter Gabriel.