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John Daversa Jazz Orchestra, All Without Words | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

The John Daversa Jazz Orchestra (website) is certainly on a roll. Last year there was a Grammy amid a string of beautiful recordings with socially-conscious themes such as [...]

Hilary Hahn, Paris | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

There’s something exhilarating about the arrival of Paris from violinist Hilary Hahn (website). It’s an all-out big budget classical music release from a major [...]

Ahmed Warshanna, Ishta | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

Think about Northern African influences on jazz, and eventually you’ll start thinking about “Caravan.” It’s one of those jazz standards that have [...]

Jakob Dinesen, Anders Christensen, Laust Sonne, Blessings | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Danes are coming! The Danes are coming! Blessings, the new jazz trio recording from sax player Jakob Dinesen, bassist Anders Christensen and drummer Laust Sonne made me [...]

Michael Whalen, Future Shock | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

Future Shock, the new album by keyboardist/composer Michael Whalen, comes at you from so many directions that you’ll wonder what it is, other than good and snappy and [...]

Matty Stecks & Persiflage, Night Cravings | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

Jazz isn’t meant to be precise or carefully thought out, which seems like an obvious statement. When you hear something like Matty Stecks & Persiflage’s new [...]

Matt Panayides, Field Theory | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Contemporary jazz, by design, can be easily divided into things you’ve heard before and things you haven’t heard before. If that sounds like oversimplifying, and [...]

Little North, Finding Seagulls | The Vinyl Anachronist

April 6, 2021 // 1 Comment

I’ve come to the realization that I like my jazz on the soft side. I’m not talking about lite jazz or soft jazz or any of that twinkly keyboard stuff, nor am I [...]

Steve Gadd Band at Blue Note Tokyo | The Vinyl Anachronist

March 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

I can imagine a hardcore Steely Dan fan, one who probably does agree with that popular YouTube video that makes the case for Steve Gadd’s drum solo in “Aja” [...]

Lyle Workman, Uncommon Measures | The Vinyl Anachronist

March 30, 2021 // 3 Comments

It’s happened a couple of times so far, where I publish a Vinyl Anachronist music review and our own Dave McNair messages me and says “oh, I worked on that [...]