Milo Miles
This year I resolved to do an unapologetic fan experience at Newport Jazz.
Read MoreThe wellsprings of Quilt’s sound are diverse – psychedelics, dream pop, Beach ‘n’ Beatle harmony groups, folk-rock and, I swear, punkoid racket at times.
Read MoreVari-Colored Songs was the sweetest boost anyone has given Langston Hughes in decades.
Read MoreBefore Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, before Iggy Pop, before the New York Dolls, David Bowie was my personal post-’60s music inamorata.
Read MoreIf anyone needs more evidence that graphic memoirs are the equal of purely literary ones, Invisible Ink closes the case for good.
Read MoreBlues feeling remains as unpredictable as ever. Who would have guessed that its strongest incarnation this year so far would be Ironing Board Sam’s Super Spirit?
Read MoreClaims that Stephan Micus erases international boundaries and makes one-world music get it backward. You visit his world on his records.
Read MoreAxel Krygier wisely treats the album’s framing concept as lightly as possible, turning Monsieur Bigfoot into a sort of Everyhominid who offers existential-woe comments on a variety of subjects.
Read MoreNo disputing it – right now, Vijay Iyer is The Man on jazz piano.
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Arts Fuse Appreciation: Ornette Coleman’s Horn of Plenty
So there was the Ornette Coleman Quartet, leading off the final side of vinyl with a cut that changed my life, “Lonely Woman.”
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