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.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Satoko Fujii, Invisible Hand, Solo Piano

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By now anyone who listens to contemporary avant jazz knows and doubtless appreciates pianist-composer-arranger-bandleader Satoko Fujii and...

CP Unit (Chris Pitsiokos Unit), Before the Heat Death

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My ongoing adventures in musical blogdom are not just about recommending good new music for my readers; it is equally about my personal gr...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Noah Preminger, Meditations on Freedom

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Noah Preminger and his excellent quartet follow in the footsteps of some of jazz's most luminary masters and their fearless endeavors ...
Friday, February 17, 2017

Iro Haarla, Ante Lucem for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Quintet

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The world of jazz today, even when subtracting the smooth commercial element, is wonderfully full and varied. We are as of now about 100 y...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Francois Carrier, Freedom is Space for the Spirit, with Michel Lambert, Alexey Lapin

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Over the years I have greeted each new Francois Carrier album with an increasing sense of expectation. I have never been disappointed. And...
Friday, February 10, 2017

Andrew Downing, Otterville

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Canadian cellist Andrew Downing scores with a euphonious 2-CD set of his compositions and arrangements for octet, Otterville (self-release...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Sergio Krakowski, Passaros, The Foundation of the Island

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Today's offering is a bit unusual, an ethnic-flavored jazz trio headed by pandeiro (tambourine) virtuoso Sergio Krakowski, on a CD ent...
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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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