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Three Albums, Two Books, & One Rant ‘N’ Roll to Close 2024 Mike Greenblatt Columns December 11, 2024 0Fourteen years ago, Canadian composers Tara Davidson (alto sax/flute) and William Carn (trombone) formed Carn Davidson 9 as an outlet for their...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Funk, Jazz, Bop Mike Greenblatt Columns September 23, 2024 0Please meet alto saxophonist/composer Sarah Hanahan. She’s here to revolutionize bebop and take it into the future. Maybe that’s why she...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: A Book, a Festival, & a Couple of Records Mike Greenblatt Columns August 28, 2024 0There once was a time when celebrities needed the press to get their stories out. Now, of course, they have...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Six Masterful LPs Mike Greenblatt Columns July 29, 2024 0All hail Marshall Chess! Now 83, the head of Chicago’s iconic Chess Records is at it again with Czyz Records...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Three Great Albums & a Coffee Table Book Mike Greenblatt Columns June 19, 2024 0I’m a sucker for anything that has Brian Blade’s name on it. Blade kept the beat in Wayne Shorter’s band...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Multi-Hyphenate Talent Mike Greenblatt Columns May 20, 2024 0Sous Le Vent (Zoho) by the Foreign Affair Trio is propelled by Swiss drummer Raphael Nick who, when combined with Brazilian bassist...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Swingin’ Authenticity Mike Greenblatt Columns April 29, 2024 0A Canadian Songbook (TPR Records) by Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop (a solid sextet with a monster front-line of alto and tenor sax plus trombone)...
One More Look At 2023: The Best of the Rest Mike Greenblatt Columns February 5, 2024 0The second album of the incredible Taiwanese vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu – Built In System (Live From New York) – is...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Funky, Jazzy, Bluesy Magic Mike Greenblatt Columns November 15, 2023 0Drummer-Composer Gregory Hutchinson steps away from his usual jazz purview to bring Da Bang to alarming life on his solo debut after playing with...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: October Finds Mike Greenblatt Columns October 11, 2023 0Ain’t nothin’ Lowdown Brown can’t do on his debut. Cat’s 70, kickin’ ass, playing the blues, struttin’ some soul, and with the...
