Michael Fonfara, Lou Reed, and the Everyman Band
adminReading about the recent passing of Michael Fonfara made me revisit the records Lou Reed made with Fonfara and with Reed’s backing band from 1974-1980. This became a transitional period…
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Following the breakup of Mahavishnu, the keyboard player worked on some memorable projects.
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Harold Budd’s 1976 recording, featuring saxophonist Marion Brown, is still strangely beautiful and unlike other ambient music recorded since.
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A tribute to the underappreciated work of this pianist, an American jazz master
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