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, January 11, 2011

Jon Irabagon's "Outright!"

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Jon Irabagon is one of those adventurous souls that comes along every so often. He interjects a kind of "anything goes" philosophy...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Grunen Gets A Green Light For Its Advanced Piano Trio Improv

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We are back again on a Monday morning after a recharging weekend. And we greet the week with a strong piano trio whose new album is titled ...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Nathaniel Stookey's Junkestra

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Cage-Harrison's "Double Music" for percussion ensemble; the music of Harry Partch; Cage's Prepared Piano Sonatas and Inter...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Brad Goode, Trumpet "Tight Like This" CD

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Brad Goode has been around. Ernie Krivda, Von Freeman, Jack DeJohnette and his own bands for some time, not to mention many other associatio...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Steve Reich, Our Reigning Minimalist King, and His Latest

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Steve Reich's compositions have shown development, a kind of period-to-period movement. There were the initial electronic and instrument...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Rodrigo Amado's "Searching for Adam," Important New Improv Set

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Rodrigo Amado needs to be heard by all those into the free thing. He's poised, filled with good improv ideas, and his new album, Searchi...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Neue Bilder: The Music of James Harley

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James Harley composes in the now somewhat venerable tradition of classic modernism. That is not to say that he is some clone of Webern or Bo...
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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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