Jazz
Peggy Lee’s career took her far from the bifurcated sexual image expected of a canary — 40% coy seductiveness and 60% “I just want to settle down but will entertain you until the right guy comes along.”
Thanks to Octave and Mack Avenue Records, a significant section of pianist Erroll Garner’s storied career is back, sounding better than ever before.
Adventurous jazz is not always as much fun to listen to as it is on Hero Trio, a stellar meeting of compositions, arrangements, and astute performances propelled by real passion.
The exhilarating power of live music in a small club blazed forth whenever the momentum built loud and hard toward a stirring transition.
There’s much to admire in If There Are Mountains, modulated pathos as well as subtle joys.
This is virtuosity-driven chamber music with fluctuating levels of oxygen, shadows, and light.
The precision and inventiveness of Angular Blues more than meets our high expectations for this terrific trio.
Decades on, Matthew Shipp and Whit Dickey have grown into mature models of how to keep the faith when following an idiosyncratic muse.
Yes, purchasing this EP will help out a good cause, but the musical value of this fabulous duo’s performance is priceless.
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