Music and Opinion for the 21st Century
Peter Calandra – FIRST LIGHT: It was only a few seconds into the first album I reviewed from Peter, “Inner Circle“, that I knew he was going to get very high marks in my review (issue 145, by the way) – I was particularly impressed with his string/synth Read More
Peter Kater – LOVE: I first reviewed Peter’s wonderful contemporary piano/keyboard works in issue # 129, on a release called “Light Body“, and it was evident that his extensive travels and well-honed talent (he started out learning classical piano at the age of seven) gave him an ability Read More
Many issues back (around # 75), was the last of our publication of POEMS from individual submissions… we didn’t stop publishing poems because we wanted to – I simply wasn’t getting poems in (or, they weren’t meeting our criteria for submission). I have recently received inquiries about re-starting the Read More
This is one of the most full-bodied jazz recordings I’ve ever listened to; just LOVIN’ it! This was actually my first listen to his music, in my memory anyway… here’s the bio from WIKIPEDIA: Peralta was a piano player devoted to music from a very young age, starting piano lessons Read More
Johnny Winter is absolutely one of th’ SMOKIN’est bluesers ever… check out this full CD (Second Winter) here: Here’s what WIKIPEDIA had to say about this great music: Second Winter is the third studio album by Texas blues guitarist Johnny Winter, released in 1969. The original plan was to edit Read More
Yusef is one of the absolute COOLEST players I’ve heard on the planet… his flute work is beyond compare; consider yourself honored to be able to listen to his music (NOTE: u better GRAB this one while it’s still up)!!! There wasn’t a lot of narrative on this one – Read More
Ev’ry once in a while, I discover a “sleeper” in the world of rock/funk/fusion… this CD is absolutely KILLER… surprised I never heard them before… if you like HIGH-ENERGY music, you WILL dig down deep on this one! Here’s a bit more information from ALLMUSIC: This ad hoc instrumental quartet Read More
Miles is definitely a “hot ticket” for those who want to wrap their ears in “real jazz”… there’s nothing “phony” about his playing… this particular CD is the first recording by the “second great M.D. Quintet”. EnJOY! Here are the words from WIKIPEDIA: Recorded in January 1965, E.S.P. is the Read More
Albert King’s been on the pop’ular blues circuit for a long, LONG time… I’ve been listening to him for most of that time, & I’m sure you have too if you follow blues artists; here’s a very cool album from him: A few words from the WIKIPEDIA entry about the Read More
I hadn’t listened to a lot of Jackie’s work back in my early days of jazz… but now I’m realizing (thanks to YOUTUBE) that he contributed a LOT of very solid jazz to the scene… playing with favorites of mine like Lee Morgan, he is one HOT player: Here are Read More