Monday, November 12, 2018

Large Ensemble, Sextet, Trio, & Solo Stories

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Composer, arranger, educator and guitarist Darrell Katz has lived and worked in the Boston, MA, area now for over four decades. In 1985...
Saturday, November 3, 2018

"Thelonious The Onliest"

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I can't claim the sobriquet "Thelonious The Onliest" for my own creation (there are numerous references to where it came fro...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Songwriters, Singers, Science, & Personal Journeys

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When I try to explain to my friends about why I love the music of Lorraine Feather so much, I'm often at a loss for words.  In a rece...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Foreground Music

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Someone asked me recently how I keep up with the all the music that he and I talk about.  I responded "I spend a lot of time in my car ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Impressive Music from Earlier this Year (Pt 1)

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The joy of teaching (for me, it is quite a joy) always gets in the way of reviewing. With the weekly influx of albums, worthwhile music gets...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Music for the 21st Century, For Today

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I do not receive Blue Note albums to review - I buy the ones I really want.  Over the past decade, trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmu...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Creative Explorations by Groups of Equals

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Rudy Royston is one those drummers who makes an impact on the musicians he works with from the first note of a song. He plays with such f...