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.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Julius Hemphill/Peter Kowald, "Live at Kassiopeia," 1987

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When two artists the caliber of Julius Hemphill and Peter Kowald left this world, they left a creative vacuum in their wake. Certainly ther...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Desiring Machines, "MicroMeditations," Paul Hartsaw and Company's Poignant Essay in Pure Avant

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Desiring Machines is an improvisa- tional quartet dedicated to realizing a pure sound poetics that avoids conven- tional musical phrases an...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Joe McPhee/Michael Zerang, Creole Gardens (A New Orleans Suite)

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It has now been well over 50 years since Ornette Coleman recorded his classic Free Jazz date. The music of open improvisation continues to...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Ran Blake & Dominique Eade, "Whirlpool"

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After countless decades of pianistic probings and keenly original recomposi- tions it would be no exaggeration to assert that Ran Blake has...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

FAB Trio, "History of Jazz in Reverse," Billy Bang, Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul

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We are approaching the year point since violinist Billy Bang left us for another plane of existence (it was last April). The only consolati...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Andrea Centazzo, Moon in Winter, for Quintet

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Today we continue our survey of the recent recordings of drummer-percussionist-composer Andrea Centazzo, this time out with his quintet doi...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Mike Longo Trio + 2, "Surprise:" Hard Bopping and Burning Contemporary Jazz

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Pianist Mike Longo came to fame as a member of Cannonball Adderly's and Dizzy Gillespie's units and, well, he's been around the...
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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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