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, March 31, 2017

Antonio Adolfo, Hybrido, From Rio to Wayne Shorter

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One of the signs of a classic jazz composition standard is its longevity. Wayne Shorter's Blue Note compositions were a product of the...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Trouble Kaze, June, with Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura, etc.

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Trouble Kaze is the newly expanded edition of the group Kaze, a cooperative free improv jazz venture that includes pianist Satoko Fujii an...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

In Layers, Onno Govaert, Marcelo dos Reis, Luis Vicente, Kristjan Martinsson

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On the front cover of the new improv release In Layers (FMR 2016) is a reproduction of a beautifully omni-dimensional painting by Chris Ri...
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Monday, March 27, 2017

Julia Hulsmann Trio, Sooner And Later

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Here we are with pianist Julia Hulsmann and her sixth ECM album to date, the trio in a stunning offering Sooner and Later (ECM 2547). You...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Rich Halley, Carson Halley, The Wild

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Tenorman Rich Halley has been making great strides forward in modern, avant contemporary jazz for quite some time now. His albums are cons...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Mount Meander, Kartis Auzins, Lucas Leidinger, Tomo Jacobson, Thomas Sauerborn

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Today, a bit of a sleeper. The best music out there requires multiple listens before you get the full impact of it. And Mount Meander (Cle...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Paul Kikuchi, Autonomic

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A Paul Kikuchi album is nearly always something special. I have had the pleasure over the years of discussing a number of them on these pa...
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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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