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, May 31, 2013

Ravi Shankar, The Living Room Sessions Part 2

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A titan has fallen. Ravi Shankar is no more. The Living Room Sessions Part 2 (East Meets West Music 1009), I can only assume, will be the...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Mikrokolektyw, Absent Minded

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I believe it would be just about impossible to make the sort of music the duo Mikrokolektyw thrives at and make a living by it here in Ame...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

Kris Davis, Capricorn Climber

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Kris Davis is seemingly content to follow a direction that brings her music to a place all hers. And why not? Perhaps that music is not on...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Kahil el'Zabar Quartet, What It Is

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Can you believe that Kahil el'Zabar has, with and without his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, released something like 58 albums to date? Tha...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Triptet, Figure in the Carpet

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Are there too many jazz/avant releases coming out these days? I recently read an interview with a prominent artist who expressed this thou...
Friday, May 17, 2013

The Dann Zinn 4, Gracie's Song

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Here's a young tenorist Dann Zinn, who has found inspiration in the Trane and post-Trane zone and taken it to his heart. He has a tone...
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Louie's Dream, For Our Jazz Heroes, Eli Yamin, Evan Christopher

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Time for that rather rare commodity these days, a pre-bop session for clarinet and piano. Eli Yamin plays the 88s, Evan Christopher the cl...
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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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