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1. Sonrisa 2. Actual Proof 3. Watermelon Man (7 Teens) 4. Stitched Up 5. Virgin Forest 6. Maiden Voyage 7. I Just Called to Say I Love You 8...

Over at Destination Out there’s been a fascinating survey on the “best” avant-jazz records of the 1990s. Lists are always fun, so here’s mi...

Puts: “…this noble company” (Processional for Orchestra) Haydn: Symphony No.103 in E-Flat Major “Drumroll” Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra Al...

Chopin: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.45 Chopin: Ballade in F Major/A minor, Op.38 Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op.27 Chopin: Scherzo No.3 Chopin: ...

Saturday was mostly sunny and quite warm - an excellent day to walk around and shop. You can get anything you want in New York City. What do...

Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet Jessica Pavone: viola, electric bass Loren Kiyoshi Dempster: violoncello Mary Halvorson: electric guitar Evan O’Reil...

Handel: Concerto Gross in B-Flat Major, Op. 3, No.2 Handel: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op.3, No.6 Telemann: Water Music Suite, “Hamburg...

Pianist/composer Andrew Hill died on Friday, April 20 after a long battle with cancer. Howard Mandel’s obituary can be found here . Hill ha...

1. Rescue 2. Pineola 3. Fruits of My Labor 4. Drunken Angel 5. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 6. Fancy Funeral 7. Over Time 8. 2 Kool 2 B 4 Got...

J.S. Bach : Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV1006 Wei-Wei Le, violin Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 6 Vega String Quartet J.S. Bach: Suite No. ...

A friend offered me a free ticket to see the Philip Glass Ensemble perform at the Schermerhorn Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, F...

I have been neglecting the blog lately - too much going on, not enough time or, more importantly, energy to write. Lots to think about, thou...

This morning, with my coffee: Arnold Schoenberg: Ewartung, Op.17 (Sony SMK 48 466 CD) Janis Martin, soprano; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierr...

I’m ashamed to admit it, but while we’ve lived in the Nashville area for almost ten years now, we’ve never once been to a performance at the...

One of the things that makes writing about music so difficult for me is that I genuinely do not understand why people listen to music. Or ra...

Sam made a comment on Part Two: "I think you’d have been hard pressed in 1967 to find someone to admit they didn’t think Sgt Pepper wa...

“Do we have anything in music for example that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away, from some aspect of illusion a...

Morton Feldman (1926-1987): Patterns in a Chromatic Field (Tzadik, 2005) Charles Curtis: ‘cello Aleck Karis: piano Even though I prided my...

Alice Coltrane died today at age 69. An obituary can be found online here . I hope there will be more information and tributes available tom...

Nielsen Soundscan's Year-End Report is available here courtesy of Business Wire . Physical album sales continue their steep decline wit...