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March 2024

Spring Is In The Air
Readers, thank you. The response to the Archie Shepp-Philly Joe Jones deep dive was lovely, much better than expected. As the word count crept…
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Archie Shepp and Philly Joe Jones
Three Archie Shepp albums shed new light on Philly Joe in the Sixties.
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Burt's Eighth Notes
The Look Of Love at BAM this week
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Yesterdays
Joe Lovano and Will Calhoun, Stephanie Stein Crease, the Choir Invisible, and Miles Davis
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February 2024

For Paul Caputo, 1932-2024
I am very easily influenced, especially in the realm of drums and music. Teachers, mentors, bandleaders, friends, and colleagues all leave big…
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New Releases and Charts
Paying subscribers can download all the charts for Sunday
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Connie Kay: Rhythm and Blues Master
The R&B Roots of Modern Jazz, continued.
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The R&B Roots of Modern Jazz
Fifties R&B records with Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones.
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January 2024

Ten Tracks of Max, Barbes Tonight
For those in NYC, my band Apocryphal is at Barbes in Brooklyn tonight, Wednesday January 24th. Doors are at 7 PM. I wrote about the group and our new…
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First Weather
On "Sunday", the new album by Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal
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