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, June 30, 2010

John Goldsby and his Trio Do "The Innkeeper's Gunn"

›
The sax-bass-drums trio, ever since Sonny Rollins' Live at the Village Vanguard and Ornette Coleman's trio of the early sixties, ha...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Bryan and the Haggards Take Country Music Out the Window

›
Every once in a while an album comes along that is so unexpected yet so interesting that you want to laugh out loud. That happened to me whe...
2 comments:
Monday, June 28, 2010

Bernardo Sassetti and his "Motion" Recording

›
As I auditioned Bernardo Sassetti's new album Motion (Clean Feed 177) I caught myself thinking, "Some artists are so subtle, you a...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Wallace Roney: Don't Take Him For Granted

›
It's been a number of years since those who would be our musical spin doctors, trendsetters and what have you singled out trumpeter Wall...
1 comment:
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Canadian Brass Get Out the Big Guns for Independence Day

›
If you are the sort of music lover that needs to have various musics to mark various occasions, then, in the States anyway, July 4th and Tha...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Big Wow for Mahanthappa & Lehman's "Dual Identity"

›
Masters of the saxophonic arts. That would certainly be an apt description of Rudresh Mahanthappa and Steve Lehman. Both have established a ...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

William Hooker Trio and "Yearn for Certainty"

›
William Hooker has been a powerful free drummer on the scene for a long time. His qualities as a leader-conceptualist are out front on the r...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.