Steve Hunt, Connections | The Vinyl Anachronist
It’s an emerging and already dominant theme in contemporary jazz during the pandemic, and that’s using the latest technologies to connect and perform remotely [...]
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Editor Marc Phillips explores the magic and mystery of great LPs.
John Daversa Jazz Orchestra, All Without Words | The Vinyl Anachronist
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
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 [...]
Jakob Dinesen, Anders Christensen, Laust Sonne, Blessings | The Vinyl Anachronist
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
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 [...]
Matt Panayides, Field Theory | The Vinyl Anachronist
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
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
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
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 [...]
Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki | The Vinyl Anachronist
Satoko Fujii’s Hazuki is here, and I’ve suddenly realized this Japanese pianist puts out a lot of recordings. Just in the last few months I’ve [...]
