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, February 26, 2010

James MacMillan's New Opera "The Sacrifice"

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Like most kids of my generation I was first exposed to opera in what was probably the worst possible context, on the Ed Sullivan Show. Sandw...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Chris Kelsey: Not Cool, Hot

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The title to Chris Kelsey's new CD is apt. Not Cool {...As in, "The Opposite of Paul Desmond"} (Tzazz Krytyk) is a burning od...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Connie Crothers and Michael Bisio in a Breathtaking Duet

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Improvisational music depends so much on the time, place and inspiration of the players. Once in a while, we are all lucky that the tape is ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Ayler's "Spiritual Unity" and Influence

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There are recordings that have become vastly influential with musicians and have also caught on with the general listening public. Miles Dav...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Toby Driver and His New Music

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Composer-instrumentalist Toby Driver is the creative force behind the group Maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot. From what I understand, the group ...
Friday, February 19, 2010

A Living Composers Anthology, Volume 15

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I have not sampled any of the earlier volumes, but I have been listening to Erm Media's Masterworks of the New Era, Volume 15 . It's...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Free Unfold Trio: Quiet Subtlety

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Jobic Le Masson, piano, Didier Lassarre, drums, and Benjamin Duboc, bass, collectively form the Free Unfold Trio. Their second album, Ballad...
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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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