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Album cover of the week: Flute of the Loom

Chris Holmes
posted on November 30, 2009February 10, 2015
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OK, so maybe I need to change the title of this series based on the increasing infrequency of posts in it. But whatever. I just had to resurrect it when I saw the latest entry at one of my

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New release roundup (Ace Frehley, Muse, and more…)

Chris Holmes
posted on September 27, 2009June 18, 2013
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Man, I take a short break from updating the site and, just like that, I’m buried under a pile of new music releases. Not to mention, of course, the Beatles remasters. So with no big

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Pure jazz for now people

Chris Holmes
posted on September 15, 2009June 16, 2014
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Patrick Jarenwattananon over at NPR’s A Blog Supreme posits a most interesting challenge – name five albums I’d recommend to someone looking to get into jazz. The twist is that

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Album review: Robert Glasper – Double Booked

Chris Holmes
posted on September 1, 2009June 18, 2013
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It is tempting and easy to interpret the meaning behind the track order and title of Robert Glasper’s latest album, Double Booked, as being a presentation of the artist’s two separate

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Listening Booth – The Bad Plus, “Physical Cities”

Chris Holmes
posted on August 17, 2009April 8, 2011
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Just to show that I put my money where my mouth is, here’s my little promotional effort for modern jazz. Readers of this site know how much I love the Bad Plus, and here’s a taste why.

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I come not to bury jazz, but to praise it

Chris Holmes
posted on August 12, 2009August 12, 2009
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I might as well offer my two cents on Terry Teachout’s recent editorial for the Wall Street Journal, “Can Jazz Be Saved?”, since so many others already have. In it, Teachout beats

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Listening Booth – Ray Bryant, “Up Above the Rock”

I discovered this vintage tune quite by jazz pianist Ray Bryant quite by chance recently, when it came up on a random last.fm playlist. Actually I should say that a remix of the song, by Irish DJ

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Album cover of the week: Our Delights

Chris Holmes
posted on June 28, 2009February 10, 2015
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Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones, a pair of jazz piano legends, released this sweet album cover in 1978. It's 'Our

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Album Cover of the Week: Undercurrent

Chris Holmes
posted on February 16, 2009February 10, 2015
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Less than a month after playing a series of shows at New York’s fabled Village Vanguard jazz club in June 1961 – that would be immortalized with a pair of live albums, Sunday at the

Album cover of the week: Flute of the Loom

New release roundup (Ace Frehley, Muse, and more…)

Pure jazz for now people

Album review: Robert Glasper – Double Booked

Listening Booth – The Bad Plus, “Physical Cities”

I come not to bury jazz, but to praise it

Listening Booth – Ray Bryant, “Up Above the Rock”

Album cover of the week: Our Delights

Album Cover of the Week: Undercurrent

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