David Sanborn puts out the kind of music that does perhaps the one thing needful for fine music: it sounds good.
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Music Review: Broadway’s Anika Larsen – ‘Sing You to Sleep’
Indeed, anyone falling asleep before the final track ends will be missing some very fine music.
Read More »Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Volumes 1-4’
Dizzy Gillespie’s 'Live at Ronnie Scott’s: Volumes 1-4' makes for the kind of treasure that will warm the ears of happy jazz fans all over the planet.
Read More »Jazz Potpourri: Art Pepper, Julie Lyon Quintet, Michael Snow and Thollem McDonas, and More
Here are quick takes on a mix of jazz albums you might have missed.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Formerly Fingerman’ – A Comic Thriller by Joe Nelms
This is comic thriller lite: an amusing bauble that is enjoyable so long as you are willing to take it for what it is.
Read More »Music Review: Les McCann – ‘Invitation to Openness’ [Remastered]
'Invitation to Openness' is one of those albums that speaks not only to jazz enthusiasts, it is an album that will bring a smile to all lovers of intelligent music.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Magician’s Daughter’ – A New Thriller by Judith Janeway
Valentine Hill is as compelling and attractive as they come; think a young Stephanie Plum.
Read More »Music Review: Matt Criscuolo – ‘Headin’ Out’
Criscuolo's music takes off with new ideas, but only after it has been grounded in form.
Read More »Music Review: Count Basie and His Orchestra – ‘Basic Basie’ [Remastered]
Great soloists, tight ensemble work. Classic big bands are the crowning glory of the middle of the last century.
Read More »Book Review: Mike Poulton’s Stage Adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall’ and ‘Bring Up the Bodies’
You may want to read these stage versions, but you don’t want to miss out on the novels themselves.
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