In Ten Tracks: Lou Reed
adminA selection of Lou Reed songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists. Not necessarily stuff you’ll…
Read MoreMy Foolish Heart/Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett describes this recording of his famed standards trio at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in 2001 as showing “the trio at its most buoyant, swinging, melodic and dynamic.” It’s…
Read MoreRarum I: Keith Jarrett
It’s hardly surprising that Keith Jarrett’s contribution to ECM’s Rarum series of selected recordings chosen by the artist should be a two-disc set absolutely packed with music. After all, Jarrett’s…
Read MoreUp For It/Keith Jarrett Trio
Imagine that you are universally recognized as one of the most distinctive and influential jazz pianists of the last forty years and that you lead a trio whose work has…
Read MoreFort Yawuh/Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett’s “American” quartet, comprised of Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Paul Motian, and Charlie Haden plus contributions from percussionist Guilherme Franco, generally gets short shrift in discussions of the mercurial pianist’s…
Read MoreAlways Let Me Go/Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett has been working in trio mode with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette for the last twenty years, and in that time the group has only gotten better. The…
Read MoreThe Carnegie Hall Concert/Keith Jarrett
The Carnegie Hall Concert was recorded on September 26, 2005, and released a year to the date later. It was Jarrett’s first American solo piano concert in ten years. Any…
Read MoreKeith Jarrett
Artist Page Keith Jarrett first came to the public’s attention in 1966 as a member of Charles Lloyd’s quartet, of which he was a member through 1968.
Read MoreCannonball Adderley
Artist Page Includes artist biography and links to their articles at NDIM Cannonball Plays Zawinul Three By Cannonball: Cannonball Takes Charge, Fiddler on the Roof, and Why Am I Treated…
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: Laura Nyro
A selection of Laura Nyro songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists. Not necessarily stuff you’ll…
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