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Pianist and composer Mark Micchelli twists and blows up five jazz classics with piano, toy piano, percussion, and electronics.
Read More »Music Review: Mark Micchelli – ‘Glitched-On Bop’ Turns Jazz Classics Upside-Down
Tag Archives: Thelonious Monk
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 »Music Review: David Helbock’s Random/Control – ‘Think of Two’
Helbock's trio plays jazz for the adventurous music lover.
Read More »Music Review: Greg Lewis – ‘Organ Monk: American Standard’
The third album in the 'Organ Monk' series of tributes to Thelonious Monk offers some exciting music.
Read More »Music Review: Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan – ‘Mulligan Meets Monk’ – [Remastered]
This team-up may not be the best album of their careers but it was one of the most interesting.
Read More »Music Review: Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski – ‘…Live at the Kitano’
Veteran duo plays great music with originality.
Read More »Music Review: Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk – ‘Mulligan Meets Monk’
East Coast bop meets West Coast cool with mixed results.
Read More »Music Review: Frank Wess – ‘Magic 101’
At age 89, the jazz saxophonist displays plenty of life on a new straight-ahead jazz album.
Read More »Music Review: Ben Sidran – Don’t Cry For No Hipster
Don’t Cry For No Hipster is retro hip from Ben Sidran.
Read More »Music Review: John Coltrane – The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era
The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era offers some of the tenor sax star's finest work.
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