Reviews of a hits anthology from the '60s pop vocal group the Vogues and CDs by Cowboy Dave, Julie Christensen, Fruit Bats, Adam Klein, Arkansauce, and Charlie Parker.
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Music Review: The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp – ‘Good Merlin’
The debut effort from Lipp and Malakar achieves what masters of the jazz craft have pursued throughout their lifetime: music that moves people emotionally.
Read More »Music Review: Alex Weitz – ‘Luma’
Weitz writes moving narratives with his saxophone, varying the traits of each track and keeping the album progressing to another level with each arrangement.
Read More »Music Review: Leigh Pilzer – ‘Strunkin’
'Strunkin'' is straight-ahead jazz at its finest, recalling the sophisticated musings from the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker – ‘Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes’
With material taken from the end of the 1940s all the way up through 1952, 'Unheard Bird' finds Charlie Parker fitting his sound into such variations as fronting a big band, leading a quintet, floating effortlessly above a Latin jazz orchestra and playing alongside such jazz luminaries as Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Read More »Film: In ‘Whiplash’ and ‘The Spectacular Now,’ Miles Teller Isn’t Missing a Beat
Actor Miles Teller nails both performances without missing a beat: bad boy Sutter who courts redemption in 'The Spectacular Now,' and the remoteness of the genius in 'Whiplash.'
Read More »Music Review: Miles Davis – ‘Chronicles: The Complete Prestige Recordings 1951 – 1956’ [Box Set]
'Chronicles' is an eight-CD Miles Davis set which represents his work with the Prestige label, during which the man with the horn came into his own.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker’ by Gary Giddins
Celebrating Bird is one of the best books about a jazz musician I have ever read.
Read More »Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Dizzy’s Big 4’ [Expanded & Remastered]
Even approaching 60, Dizzy Gillespie shows he hasn't lost the touch.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker’ by Chuck Haddix
Filled with illuminating anecdotes from the people who knew the man, who saw at his best, who saw him at his worst.
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