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.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Michael Attias Blends the Cool and the Hot in New CD

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There are times when you welcome an unfamiliar name and sound to the music corpus that constitutes your listening and playing life. Other ti...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Dave Rempis and Frank Rosaly Release First Duo

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On the Chicago improvisational scene tenor (and alto & baritone) virtuoso Dave Rempis and drummer Frank Rosaly are important figures. We...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Charles Tolliver Big Band at the Blue Note

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Charles Tolliver is one of those trumpet/bandleaders whose relative eclipse over time is, from a musical standpoint, inexplicable. I will no...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Pianist Greg Burk and His Latest CD

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Greg Burk has a new CD out today, his fourth for 482 Music. Many Worlds spotlights the involved pianism of Burk with a new quartet: Henry C...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Stephen Gauci, Notable Tenor Saxist and Bandleader

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Stephen Gauci has one of those well-developed, well-burnished freebop tenor sax styles. He has been making a number of records under his own...
Friday, January 22, 2010

The Symphonies of Gian Francesco Malipiero

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Gian Francesco Malipiero (1883-1973) belongs to the generation of Italian composers that includes Respighi, Pizzetti and Casella. His music ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

John Zorn as Present-Day Composer

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Late last year Tzadik Records released John Zorn's Femina , his chamber composition dedicated to women in the arts. It comes with an int...
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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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