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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Heavy Metal Be-Bop #4: Melvin Gibbs

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I'm proud to present the fourth installment of this ongoing series. Thanks as always to Cosmo Lee at Invisible Oranges for his design/l...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Mandance: Tarbaby at Undead Jazzfest

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I spent the first couple hours of Undead Jazzfest 2011 channel-flipping. I took advantage of the staggered set times and jumped between venu...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Halftime report: 10 strong 2011 jazz releases

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Last week, several top jazz writers took a minute to survey the year in recorded jazz thus far. (The Undead Jazzfest, which starts tonight— ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Studio visit: Milford Graves on record

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In a March post, I attempted to make the point that free jazz ought to be documented in the studio from time to time. The only problem was ...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Happy Morbid Angel Day

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Morbid Angel, my favorite metal band, breaks an eight-year silence today. Let this post be an official welcome to Illud Divinum Insanus . I ...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

Unpacking "25 NYC Jazz Icons"

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Update: Saturday, 6/4/11—This post has been updated with Ted Panken's latest response, and my response to that response (and yet another...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

In full: An interview with Peter Brötzmann

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About a month ago, I spent one and a half hours on the phone with Peter Brötzmann (from midtown Manhattan to Wuppertal, Germany). I've ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Wisdom from Threadgill, via Iverson

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If you haven't read (and listened to) Ethan Iverson's lengthy interview with the great Henry Threadgill , I strongly encourage you t...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Defending the indefensible: Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus, pre-release

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[Ed.: After I wrote this post, I continued my Illud -related ranting at That's How Kids Die . I posted a lengthy comment there—also repr...
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Heavy Metal Be-Bop #3: Trevor Dunn

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The third installment of my Heavy Metal Be-Bop series, an interview with Trevor Dunn, is finally live at Invisible Oranges. This Q&A wa...
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