Weird Music That Goes on Forever
Carl F. Gauze reviews this interesting look at the surprising history and scandalous etymology of jazz, in Weird Music That Goes On Forever, by Bob Suren.
Tag: jazz
Jonathan Brenner
Instagram Success (Waterloo 103 Music). Review by Randy Radic.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
The 1920s spring to life in this sprightly jukebox musical.
Bombay Rickey
Bombay Rickey (Cowboys and Indian). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
Grit & Grace (Sunnyside). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Kris Davis
Diatom Ribbons: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bobby Muncy
Bad Reception. Review by Stacey Zering.
Enzo Rocco
SCRAPS: (very) old and (almost) new solo guitar pieces. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
John Pizzarelli
Stage and Screen (Palmetto Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Chet Baker
Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Schubert Uchihashi Kugel
Black Holes Are Hard to Find (Nemu Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Delfeayo Marsalis
Uptown on Mardi Gras Day (Troubadour Jass Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection
Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection overwhelms Carl F. Gauze with 12 music CDs reprising the 1972 benefit concert to rebuild Watts, Los Angeles, seven years after the riot.
Jason Yeager Septet
Unstuck in Time: The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Laszlo Gardony
Close Connection (Sunnyside Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Patricia Brennan
More Touch (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Kirsten Lambert
From a Window to a Screen (BellaJu Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Music for Anxious Times
Bob Pomeroy muses on the music that is helping him through these troubled times.
Nate Wooley & Columbia Icefield
Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Miguel Zenon
Musica de las Americas (Miel Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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