Tag Archives: instrumental

TIM SOLOOK – Changed Lives

January 3, 2025

Sol Time 2024 Houston skin-hitter harnesses classic tropes to contemporary sensibilities to rein in improv expanses and get away with it. Some drummers find taking a back seat and laying down a backbeat comfortable – but Tim Solook think of … Continue reading →

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BELEDO – Flotando En El Vacio

December 28, 2024

MoonJune 2024 When “void” and “vacuum” don’t mean the same, sound travels in most adventurous ways. If ever there was anything predictable about this Uruguayan guitarist’s journey, it’s his steady shift from progressive rock to jazz. While Bele Beledo’s 2016 … Continue reading →

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COÏNCIDENCE – Archives 1973-1974

December 20, 2024

Castle 2024 Salvaged from jaws of obscurity, concert escapades and studio adventures of Gallic jazz-rock legionnaires come to light. In the late ’70s, when this ensemble delivered their two albums – recently reissued as twin volumes of – there were … Continue reading →

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QUARTET DIMINISHED – Deerand

December 18, 2024

MoonJune 2024 For the duration and beyond: fourth album of Persian fusion ensemble forms a spellbinding time-and-space continuum and lures in progressive rock stars to help illuminate it. That’s what Iran must be associated with instead of ayatollahs: the ever-adventurous … Continue reading →

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ED RAWLINGS – A Foolish Inconsistency

December 8, 2024

Ed Rawlings 2024 Picking up the pieces from four-decade cache, Californian six-stringer rides the crest of a wave. A mainstay of San Franciscan music scene, Ed Rawlings seemed to have missed a lot of chances to strike on his own, … Continue reading →

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