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, July 31, 2013

Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio, Fun House

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A double trio? Oh, yeas. Two pianists (Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch), two bassists (Jean-Jaques Avenel and Mark Helias), two drummers (S...

Alan Broadbent, Heart to Heart

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I am guilty. Guilty of not paying enough attention to Alan Broadbent the pianist. Alan Broadbent the arranger-composer, sure, I've lon...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Chris Clark Quintet, Cedar Wisely

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I don't tell you what to listen to, any more than someone tells me these days. All I do, and really all I can do, is describe things t...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Jacob Varmus, Terminal Stillness

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Everything that moves lives. Music moves yet. Music is still alive. Music is very much alive in the mind and trumpet playing of Jacob Varm...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Moo Lohkenn Source of Sound, Trace in Mirror

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Moo Lohkenn, singer-artist extraordinaire. Drummer great Lou Grassi was very kind to send me a CD she did with him and the impressive Leon...

The Bechet Legacy, Bob Wilber, Glenn Zottola, Birch Hall Concerts Live, 1981

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"If you've plenty of time and you feel real needy, it's time to take a listen to Speedy...". So goes the opening jingle ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble, Songs of the Metropolis

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There are times when the persistent presence of artists surprises me. That would be the case recently when I auditioned the new album by G...
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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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