Old and new dreams

I’ve come to the end of a self-appointed task (and indulgence): a year of writing a weekly note on a … More

I could go on…

I’ve spent a lot of time listening to music I love so it wasn’t too hard to unearth a year’s … More

Couple in Spirit. Keith and Julie Tippett, 1987 How to finish this year-long series? A question that matters to no … More

Big Jim Does the Tango for You. From Bennie Wallace, Big Jim’s Tango, 1983 There are too many tenor saxophone … More

Smiling Billy Suite, From The Heath Brothers, Marching On, 1975 As the end of this little series grows near I’m … More

Easy to Love. From Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell, I Concentrate on You, 1974 Lee Konitz passed me by for … More

Slivadiv. From Back Door, 1972 Don’t recall when I first laid hands on this, sometime in the mid-1970s I guess, … More

Tripping. From Andrew Hill, Shades. 1986 This is a recording of a type that became familiar in the 1980s: a … More

Mighty Lights. From Jane Ira Bloom, Mighty Lights, 1983 I’ve followed Jane Ira Bloom’s career keenly since hearing this CD … More

Moon. From William Parker Quartet, Live at Yoshi’s, 2006 Like a lot of other people, I picked up the first … More