Step Tempest

Creative music should challenge us, make us think and move us forward. Music can make one's life better and fuller, one of life's greatest pleasures.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

An Unexpected Sabbatical, A Treasure of Nichols, & A Splendid Historical Issue

Life is filled with twists and turns with unexpected events happening throughout. Sometimes we are prepared, other times we are taken totall...

Saturday, January 5, 2019

NPR Jazz Poll 2018

The 2018 NPR Jazz Critics Poll has been published - read it here - and, as usual, my list is both quite different and in sync with my fell...

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Blessings & a Joyful Noise for the New Year

No matter how you look at 2018, it was a year of extremes. Strange weather, devastating fires, tsunamis, hurricanes, droughts, and that'...

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Catching Up In December (Pt 1)

The Fall semester gets away from me and I miss new releases that deserve to be reviewed. Through the Holidays, that oversight shall be parti...

Friday, December 14, 2018

These are a Lot of My Favorite Recordings of 2018

Like many critics/reviewers (I'm in the latter camp), I make a year-end list of my favorite recordings of the past 12 months. Since I r...

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Big Bands with American Roots & European Musicians

The Norrbotten Big Band , based i n Luleå, Sweden, has the distinction of being the northernmost large jazz ensemble in the world. The ...

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