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.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Camerata Mediterranea Captivate with their Realization of Troubadour Songs From the Middle Ages

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A revolution in early music practice took place beginning some time in the later '60s. A renewed attention to the character of the instr...
Monday, November 29, 2010

George Enescu's Solo Piano Music

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Music lovers of my generation, mostly, came across the music of Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955) as the B-side of the highly accl...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Michael Pagan's Preludes and Fugues for Saxophone Quartet

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Michael Pagan is a prolific composer. That's what I read. Before hearing his new recording of the 12 Preludes and Fugues (Tapestry 7601...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Erosonic is David Mott and Joseph Petric; "Mystery Theatre" is an Aural Example of Why That Matters

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We backtrack again today, so-called Black Friday (don't get me started on that boondoggle), to an earlier album by the duo Erosonic (Dav...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Irene Nachreiner Sings Some Very Old Christmas Songs with a Laid Back-Latin Flavor

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If you are the sort of person who needs a decent pile of Christmas music to hear over the holidays, yet balk at the same old songs done the ...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

A New One From Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra

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I have little doubt that Chicago is resurging as an important center for the new improvised music (known as jazz or simply improvisation). I...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Bobby Zankel, "Many in Body, One in Mind"

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Bobby Zankel is older than I am. A little. Just a few years. This may not seem especially important to you, the reader, but it does have som...
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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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