Music Reviews
Jazz, Not Jazz | 8/27/18
by Hobart Taylor Miki Yamanaka – Miki – (Cellar Live) Composer/pianist Yamanaka is joined here by my favorite drummer this week, Bill Stewart, renowned vibraphone player, […]
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Jazz, Not Jazz | 8/15/18
by Hobart Taylor Jessica Jones Quartet – Moxie – (New Artists Records) Jessica Jones. Why isn’t played all the time on the radio is beyond me. […]
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Jazz, Not Jazz | 7/28/18
by Hobart Taylor The BABA Orchestra – Another Ride on the Elephant Slide – ( Thirsty Owl Records) Composer/conductor Lauren Elizabeth Baba has staked out her […]
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Jazz, Not Jazz | A Meditation on John Coltrane
As I write this today July 17th 2018 is the fifty first anniversary of the passing of John Coltrane. Often “passing” is a euphemism for dying, […]
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Jazz, Not Jazz | Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Final Tour (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6) – (Columbia Legacy)
“The past,” said Faulkner, “is never dead. It’s not even past.” The power of great music, when attended to without the filters of expectation or reputation […]
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