Friday, October 29, 2010

John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu at Montreaux DVD

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The musical style of John McLaughlin has taken many zigs and zags since his emergence with Tony Williams and Miles Davis in the late ‘60s. T...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Goldbug's "The Seven Dreams": Spacey, Fused Soundscapes

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There is most definitely a trend out there, and Goldbug's The Seven Dreams (1K Recordings 016) squarely places itself in the center of ...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Grand Theft Bus Live at Salon Vert, 2005

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Those who have followed my two guitar blogs know that I have been covering jambands and Creative Commons downloads from time to time. I down...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Cristian Amigo's "Kingdom of Jones" Beyond Category

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Duke Ellington once said that great music is "beyond category." But if he were alive today, writing a blog on the internet, he...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Arguelles with Formanek, Rainey in "Ground Rush"

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If you want to show your improvising abilities and sound to the maximum the pianoless trio of horn, bass and drums is one of the most fertil...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Soft Machine Legacy Shines On with "Live Adventures"

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The music world mourned the passing of Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper fairly recently. Among other things, of course, they were cornerstone memb...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Antibalas' Brooklyn Afrobeat Collective Reissue "Who is This America?"

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When the Brooklyn-based 17-piece Afrobeat group Antibalas first released their third album Who is This America? (Ropeadope AC 5059) in 2004...