Playing in Tongues: New and Improvised Music
Duets between master improvising guitarists Noël Akchoté and Derek Bailey, originally on the very limited 12″ LP Rectangle REC F not so long ago, are now reissued on Drag City’s improv imprint.
Playing in Tongues: New and Improvised Music
Duets between master improvising guitarists Noël Akchoté and Derek Bailey, originally on the very limited 12″ LP Rectangle REC F not so long ago, are now reissued on Drag City’s improv imprint.
On Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze (II)
Book II begins with a powerful dance in D-minor.
On Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze (II)
Book II begins with a powerful dance in D-minor.
On Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze (I)
Perhaps only a fool would try to describe Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze.
On Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze (I)
Perhaps only a fool would try to describe Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze.
Forgotten Gems
For the largest reference work in existence on music, The New Grove, Second Edition pays remarkably scant attention to the major pathway toward hearing sound in our time.
Forgotten Gems
For the largest reference work in existence on music, The New Grove, Second Edition pays remarkably scant attention to the major pathway toward hearing sound in our time.
Singing in the Shower: Ralph Ellison and the Blues
Ralph Ellison’s commentary on jazz and blues in his now-legendary volume of essays, Shadow and Act [Random House, 1953], presents a case for black musical creation as a universally representative art form.
Singing in the Shower: Ralph Ellison and the Blues
Ralph Ellison’s commentary on jazz and blues in his now-legendary volume of essays, Shadow and Act [Random House, 1953], presents a case for black musical creation as a universally representative art form.
Tommy Flanagan, a reminiscence
My personal memories of Tommy are too numerous to hold in a single grasp. His conversations were mini-seminars on the deep structure of music.
Tommy Flanagan, a reminiscence
My personal memories of Tommy are too numerous to hold in a single grasp. His conversations were mini-seminars on the deep structure of music.
Mihály Székely
According to Rudolf Bing among many other authorities, the late Mihály Székely had not only been gifted with one of the most genuinely beautiful basso profondo voices of this century, but with his enormous interpretative power and thorough understanding of the music he sang, he was able to fascinate his colleagues and mesmerize his audiences.
Mihály Székely
According to Rudolf Bing among many other authorities, the late Mihály Székely had not only been gifted with one of the most genuinely beautiful basso profondo voices of this century, but with his enormous interpretative power and thorough understanding of the music he sang, he was able to fascinate his colleagues and mesmerize his audiences.
Clarence Barlow at Muzifest
A three-day festival of contemporary music was born under the Muzifest banner…This year the festival was dedicated to the work and thought of Clarence Barlow, who attended.
Clarence Barlow at Muzifest
A three-day festival of contemporary music was born under the Muzifest banner…This year the festival was dedicated to the work and thought of Clarence Barlow, who attended.
Insomnia
A few weeks ago, here in our quaint New England outpost, I was besieged by a terrible flu. There was one night when it was particularly difficult to get to sleep. Sometimes the radio helps to soothe and bring on sleep. But not so on this night.
Insomnia
A few weeks ago, here in our quaint New England outpost, I was besieged by a terrible flu. There was one night when it was particularly difficult to get to sleep. Sometimes the radio helps to soothe and bring on sleep. But not so on this night.
Pletnev’s C.P.E. Bach
Asking one pianist to review another is a little like asking Tonya Harding to lace up Nancy Kerrigan’s skates.
Pletnev’s C.P.E. Bach
Asking one pianist to review another is a little like asking Tonya Harding to lace up Nancy Kerrigan’s skates.
The Music We Call the World: Turkey
…in the Taksim district, we met Ayleen and Mugor, two young Turkish women. Ayleen had answered a call to an email list for Turkish music guidance. She and Mugor helped us select the recordings reviewed here.
The Music We Call the World: Turkey
…in the Taksim district, we met Ayleen and Mugor, two young Turkish women. Ayleen had answered a call to an email list for Turkish music guidance. She and Mugor helped us select the recordings reviewed here.
Walt’s Ratatouille 5.
The opening cut, Bley’s solo rendition of “Touching,” distills the pianist’s art — pedaling that turns notes into sculpture, leaping figures suddenly dropped, looming spaces.
Walt’s Ratatouille 5.
The opening cut, Bley’s solo rendition of “Touching,” distills the pianist’s art — pedaling that turns notes into sculpture, leaping figures suddenly dropped, looming spaces.