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.

Monday, June 30, 2014

Scott Shachter, Outside In, A Novel

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Today, a jazz novel. There aren't so many. This one is just out and worthwhile. Scott Shachter wrote it and gave it the title Outside ...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Glenn Cashman's Southland Nonet, Music Without Borders

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I do not have the time to cover everything I would like on these pages. But I make room when I can if something sounds good to me. Such a ...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Spiral Mercury Chicago/Sao Paulo Underground Featuring Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah & The Underground

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There are some albums that, once you hear them, seem to be meant to be. Such is Spiral Mercury Chicago/Sao Paulo Underground featuring Pha...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Leslie Pintchik, In the Nature of Things

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Jazz. OK, what is it? One answer was formulated by Fats Waller, I believe, and essentially translated to "Never Mind. Shut up and lis...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Rodrigo Amado, Wire Quartet

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I don't think I am going out on a limb when I say that Rodrigo Amado is without a doubt one of the most exciting and innovative tenor ...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Paul Bley, Play Blue, Oslo Concert

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A pianist as important to the modern jazz scene as Paul Bley has been, some 50 years after he began making recordings that set out his mat...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Omoo, Emilie Weibel

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Sometimes you just luck out. Emilie Weibel got in touch with me a short time ago and said, "I have a recording out and thought you mi...
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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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