Book review: "Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy" by Jonathon Grasse (Jawbone Press)
Remaking reality through sound.
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Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
October 15, 2024
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 11, 2024
Links: L.A. performances (10/11//24).
This week: Otmaro Ruiz, Jason Moran, Destiny Muhammad, Motley Crue, Bilal, Anthony Wilson, Kris Davis-Steve Lehman, Arsenio Rodriguez, Christopher Garcia, Elsa Nilsson-Sasha Berliner, Jeremy Pelt, Ithaca Trio, Joyous Wolf, Judas Priest, Carcass, Randy Brecker, Morales-Denson, Dead Posey, Robbie Robertson tribute, more.
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 27, 2024
Previews: Angel City Jazz Festival 2024, week 1, Oct. 11-17.
Otmaro Ruiz; Kris Davis, Steve Lehman; Sasha Berliner, Elsa Nilsson; Mauricio Morales, Jeff Denson-Romain Pilon.
September 26, 2024
Previews: Angel City Jazz Festival 2024, week 2, Oct. 18-24.
Diego Gaeta, Yafeu Tyhimba; Joy Guidry, Deron Johnson; Dresser-McDonas, Shiroishi-Seabrook; Iseul Kim, Jenny Scheinman.
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.