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.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Matthew Shipp Trio, Elastic Aspects

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The Matthew Shipp Trio today are a group like no other out there. Why? Because each of them have played through the bumps and jolts of the ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Baloni, "Fremdenzimmer:" Trio Improvisations in an Abstract Mode

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Some improvisational music today, especially that coming out of Europe, has roots more in "new music" than it does in Bird or Bud...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Nicholas Biello / Manuel Weyand, Fourthought

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Hard bop finds some enthusiastic and soulful adepts in Nicholas Biello and Manuel Weyand's album Fourthought (self-released). It's...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Kazhargan World, "Wonderful Times"

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Kazhargan World is a cooperative unit made possible by the internet. Wonderful Times (Dewey Records) is the product of the cooperative pro...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

No Milk Today

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Thanks to my virus software, the time I would have spent writing today's review was instead spent watching the software update itself f...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Andrea Centazzo, Rain On The Borders: New Hybrid Sounds from the Mitteleuropa Orchestra

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Andrea Centazzo the composer? Yes. He has in later years come to develop his music in a composi- tional direction and Rain On the Borders ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Francois Carrier-Michel Lambert-Alexey Lapin, All Out, 2011

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All Out (FMR 321-0911) is just that. It's the free trio of Francois Carrier (alto), Michel Lambert (drums) and Alexy Lapin (piano) goi...
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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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