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The Bad Plus with Joshua Redman, The Blue Note, April 20th

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Gordon

GORDON: I really enjoyed this show. The Bad Plus is one of the many holes in my swiss-cheese jazz knowledge, and while I’d heard them on the radio, I had not checked out a gig or sought out a record. … Continue reading →

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Highway Rider, Brad Mehldau

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Daniel

Highway Rider is the high water mark, thus far, of Mehldau’s composition and arranging work. He’s been zeroing in on a certain aesthetic, a vocabulary for ‘non-jazz’ material (acknowledging that I very much doubt that he thinks of it that … Continue reading →

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Let It Come To You, Taylor Eigsti

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Daniel

What exactly is a jazz album, anyway? Quite a few jazz and pop musicians have taken the idea that you could fit a bunch of songs on to one record and run with it. While not all albums have textual … Continue reading →

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