"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Arkansas son C. Michael Bailey has been in hiding since he revealed his family's abolitionist position prior to the War Between the States. He is a Senior Reviewer for All About Jazz and publisher of the webblog Kultur. Michael’s day job is spent as a clinical data analyst.
Michael believes but never follows that it it better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and relieve all doubt...
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TV Review: NCIS – Navy Criminal Investigative Services - "Cover Story"
We should hope the writers are busier creating a provocative ending to this season than they were the plot of “Cover Story.”
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Book Review: Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr
"Given a choice between pleasing herself and pleasing someone else she would have hoped that pleasing herself would have made everyone happy."
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Music Review: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 3 by Domenico Scarlatti
Hungarian pianist Jenö Jandó may rightly be proclaimed the utility infielder of classical piano.
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TV Review: NCIS - "Grace Period"
We are roaring into the end of the season.
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Music Review: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2 by Domenico Scarlatti
Michael Lewin’s contribution to the Naxos Complete Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti inspires this listener the desire to hear the next installment.
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Music Review: Domenico Scarlatti - Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1
Andjaparidze summons all of her talent into this carefully paced, emotional composition [K. 402]. This is Scarlatti’s minor key universe.
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Music Review: Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Leonhart - This Rhythm On My Mind
This is one of the most entertaining discs, of any kind, released this year.
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Music Review: An Introduction to the Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti
All offer a universe of Scarlatti interpretation, some beyond reproach, some controversial, but all excellent because the original composition is excellent.
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Music Review: Joe Zawinul - Brown Street
Brown Street shows the genius of Joe Zawinul against the brightly colored backdrop of a big band, in this case the German WDR Big Band of Cologne.
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TV Review: NCIS - "Iceman"
Are those the lips and nose of Ziva David? Is it Jeanne Benoit? Or, is it a hitherto unidentified femme fatale? The season finale will be a barnburner.
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