Sue Maskaleris, Love Is the Key | The Vinyl Anachronist
I didn’t quite gel with Sue Maskaleris (website) and her new album Love Is the Key on first listen. This is a concept album that borrows heavily from musical theater [...]
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Editor Marc Phillips explores the magic and mystery of great LPs.
Diego Baliardo, Este Ritmo | The Vinyl Anachronist
Colleen has told me once or twice that she wishes I would play more music for her in the evenings, when she comes home from work. She’s a great cook, but sometimes she [...]
Melbreeze, I Love Paris | The Vinyl Anachronist
Melbreeze (website) is a singer who was born and raised in Turkey but now lives in the United States, and she has certainly found a niche for herself in contemporary jazz. I [...]
Yoko Miwa Trio, Songs of Joy | The Vinyl Anachronist
It’s curious that the new album from the Yoko Miwa Trio (website) is titled Songs of Joy. For example, would you consider the Zeppelin classic “Babe I’m [...]
Bill DiCosimo and Edgar Pagan, Con Moto | The Vinyl Anachronist
Within a few seconds of putting Bill DiCosimo and Edgar Pagan‘s new CD into my player, I realized I was hearing something that I feel like I haven’t heard in a [...]
Wayne Alpern, Jukebox | The Vinyl Anachronist
There’s something unique about small wind and/or brass ensembles, the way they seem to exist in another time and move through the world at an entirely different pace. [...]
Futari, Beyond | The Vinyl Anachronist
A recording of piano and vibraphone duos? I’m not sure how it gets any better. I’ve mentioned my love for “malleted instruments” many times before, [...]
Mike Scott, Collecting Things | The Vinyl Anachronist
“Collecting Things, the newest recording by guitarist and composer Mike Scott, is a pastiche of music styles mostly penned by Scott and performed by some of the top [...]
Dimitri Howald and Ilja, Spiritual Cycle | The Vinyl Anachronist
Spiritual Cycle, the sophomore album from the Swiss band Ilja, is a dark alley of a jazz album. Led by guitarist Dimitri Howald, this band is almost meta–at [...]
Chris Rottmayer, Sunday at Pilars | The Vinyl Anachronist
It’s not often that you learn one of a jazz musician’s past gigs was as a pianist at Walt Disney World from 1999 to 2020. Chris Rottmayer can–and [...]
