Live review: Flower Songs Music plus Tasha Smith Godinez, Pablo Leñero and Harry Scorzo celebrate Dia de los Muertos at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 2024.
Universal resonances.
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Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
November 5, 2024
Universal resonances.
October 21, 2024
Links: L.A. performances (11/1/24).
This week: Leon Mobley, Joe Baiza, John Hamilton, Christopher Garcia, Azz-Is Jazz Fest, Julien Knowles, more.
Live review: Diego Gaeta, Yafeu Tyhimba at the World Stage, Fri. Oct. 18, 2024 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Dynamics and imagination.
October 15, 2024
Book review: "Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy" by Jonathon Grasse (Jawbone Press)
Remaking reality through sound.
October 14, 2024
Live review: Kris Davis Trio, Steve Lehman's Garden of Klōns at REDCAT (Angel City Jazz Fest), Sat. Oct. 12, 2024.
Heart & head.
October 10, 2024
Plug: "The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association" (Cymbal Press)
One by Greg Burk, even.
October 2, 2024
RIP: Kris Kristofferson, 1936-2024.
He touched us with a few true words.
September 13, 2024
Documentary review: William Roper's "Sidelining the Sideman (and Woman)."
The whiteness we don't hear.
September 5, 2024
Live scene (Aug. 30, 2024) and record review: Nick Mancini Collective, "Oblation"
Difficulty and optimism.
August 29, 2024
Modern shorts: Melt-Banana, SML, Hans Fjellestad.
Inhale, breathe quickly, exhale.