Gapplegate Music Review

The blog covers releases in the areas of free and mainstream jazz, world music, "art" rock, and the blues. Classical coverage, which was originally here, continues on the Gapplegate Classical-Modern Review (see link on this page). Where are we right now and how did we get here? That's the concern.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

NatJim, Natsuki Tamura, Jim Black

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  In the history of Jazz, an important if at times under-discussed element is of configuration, ensemble size and makeup, the most obvious b...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Andrew Krasilnikov, Bloody Belly Comb Jelly

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  From Russian Jazz saxophonist and composer Andrew Krasilnikov comes BLOODY BELLY COMB JELlY  (Rainy Days Records Rainy 018CD)--a remarkabl...

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio, Jet Black

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  For many years pianist Satoko Fujii has been one of a handful of new avant improv jazz pianists who lead the field as the major influences...
Friday, December 1, 2023

Brew, Heat (1998-99), Between Reflections (2019), Miya Masaoka, Reggie Workman, Gerry Hemingway

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  When it comes to Brew, I am guilty of not previously being aware of them as a threesome. Yet I have been gladly aware of kotoist Miya Masa...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Kevin Sun, The Depths of Memory

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  You are lucky when there is a new artist, when a new artist emerges with a fine tuned concept and a talent to realize it. Or at least I fe...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Charlie Apicella & Iron City Meet The Griots Speak, Destiny Calling

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  Nowadays you might find all kinds of combinations on the Jazz scene and much of the time there is good ground broken, productive music mad...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Sarah Weaver, Synthesis Series, Music of Sarah Weaver and Collaborations

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  Composer and sound artist/improviser Sarah Weaver is one of those vital creative forces at work today in the New Jazz and Improvisation re...
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Grego Applegate Edwards
Cape May, New Jersey, United States
I am a life-long writer, musician, composer and editor. I wrote for Cadence for many years, a periodical covering jazz and improv music. My combined Blogspot blogs (as listed in the links) now cover well over 3,000 recordings in review. It's been a labor of love. The music is chosen because I like it, for the most part, so you won't find a great deal of nastiness here. I have no affiliations and gain nothing from liking what I do, so that makes me somewhat impartial. I do happen to like a set of certain musics done well, so it's not everything released that gets coverage on these blogs. I went to music and higher education schools and got degrees. It changed my life and gave me the ability to think and write better. I've studied with master musicians, too. The benefits I gained from them are invaluable. I appreciate my readers. You are why I write these reviews. I hope the joy of music enriches your life like it does mine. Thank you. And thank you to all the artists that make it possible.
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