Monday, May 28, 2018

"You go and you play": On Paul Motian's limitless jazz

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[Postscript, July 2018: After writing the below, I saw a rough cut of Michael Patrick Kelly's thorough and enlighte...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Recent raves: Immortal, Pat Metheny and more

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Happy spring! A few recent musical obsessions and raves: Immortal I'm generally not a fan of the endless microdivision of music into ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

HMB 14: Ben Monder + The Starebaby outtakes

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I'm proud to present the 14th installment of Heavy Metal Bebop, a series of conversations about the intersection of jazz and metal. The ...
Friday, April 06, 2018

The fuchsia-colored awning: What Cecil Taylor taught me

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[Update, April 6, 3:55pm ET: See also this CT appreciation for Rolling Stone .] I thought about Cecil Taylor often during ...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Starebaby in the Times

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Just a brief note to say that I'm happy and proud to unveil this New York Times feature on Dan Weiss and his fascinating Starebaby proj...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Voyages: Tim Berne's Snakeoil and the art of the musical journey

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Photo: Caterina Di Perri I keep coming back to Tim Berne. One of the first jazz shows I saw upon arriving in New Yor...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Tool's fifth album: Why I don't mind the wait

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Via Rolling Stone , some thoughts on the as-yet-nonexistent fifth Tool album , and why fans (like me) are happy to wait 12 years or more for...
Sunday, February 04, 2018

"The effect of the monstrous sight was indescribable...": On Portal's 'ION,' and the Lovecraftian horror of alien intelligence

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Last week, I wrote up ION , the new Portal album, for Rolling Stone 's new-release column . I was happy to be ...
Friday, January 19, 2018

The Bad Plus: Can't stop, 'Never Stop'

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Here, via Rolling Stone , is my take on the new Bad Plus album, Never Stop II . The short version: I think it's god...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Best of 2017: Digest

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Year-end coverage on DFSBP includes: *A jazz round-up , with a bonus list of various writers, podcasters and outlets that keep me inspired...