John Surman/Free and Equal
adminAmazon | Spotify The title of John Surman’s latest release refers to the fact that the brass ensemble that accompanies Surman and drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette plays music that is entirely…
Read MoreTrio Beyond/Saudades
Amazon | Spotify Trio Beyond, consisting of Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings, and John Scofield, is, in concept at least, a tribute to drummer Tony Williams’ group Lifetime, one of the…
Read MoreSimple Acoustic Trio/Trio
Amazon | Spotify Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewica, and Michal Miskiewicz have been recording on independent Polish record labels as the Simple Acoustic Trio since the mid-1990s, but Trio is their…
Read MoreMarcin Wasilewski Trio/January
Amazon | Spotify The extremely good news is that January, the second ECM release by the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, shows a group that has grown by leaps and bounds since…
Read MoreRe: Pasolini/Stefano Battaglia
Amazon | Spotify Stefano Battaglia’s 2-disc Re: Pasolini is an ambitious project that seeks nothing less than to provide insight into the life, art, politics, and importance to Italian culture…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Energy of the Record Store
In the suburban sprawl where I grew up, record stores were largely chain places with names like Sound Warehouse and Coconuts, but there was one store in town where you…
Read MoreSao Paulo Confessions & Tanto Tempo
How Mitar Subotic moved to Sao Paulo, recorded Sao Paulo Confessions, produced Bebel Gilberto, and became a huge influence on Brazilian electronica.
Read MoreIn Ten Tracks: Cowboy Junkies
A selection of Cowboy Junkies songs that have meaning to me and have stuck with me through the years, appearing frequently on mix tapes and playlists.
Read MoreEric Gale and Phil Upchurch: It’s all in the rhythm guitar
Eric Gale and Phil Upchurch put their driving, R&B based rhythm guitar behind George Benson and helped make him a star. As studio stars, they also heavily influenced the sonic…
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