Calabria Foti, Prelude to a Kiss | The Vinyl Anachronist
Contemporary jazz is mostly made of throwbacks, so Calabria Foti and her new album Prelude to a Kiss shouldn’t be at all surprising. Here’s the basic [...]
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Guillaume Muller, Sketches of Sound | The Vinyl Anachronist
Was the foreshadowing too obvious when I discussed the possibility of a “purist jazz” trend in 2020 when I reviewed the Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet yesterday? [...]
Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet, Gettin’ It There | The Vinyl Anachronist
This debut album from the Fabrizio Sciacca Quartet, Gettin’ It There, is such a pure expression of jazz that it acts as the proverbial sherbet between courses, a way to [...]
Tove Ramlo-Ystad, Fryd | The Vinyl Anachronist
I tried to tell you about this new release from 2L Recordings before the holidays, but I just ran out of time. Fryd, from choir conductor Tove Ramlo-Ystad and her singers, [...]
Rasmus Kjaer, Turist | The Vinyl Anachronist
This new LP from Rasmus Kjaer, Turist, has prompted this singular response from me: at least someone has finally figured out that I love electronica, but I never have much of [...]
Massimo Biolcati, Incontre | The Vinyl Anachronist
Massimo Biolcati and his new CD Incontre is my first review for 2020, and over the holidays I had at least a couple of light-hearted conversations about which jazz genre [...]
Ronny Whyte, Whyte Witchcraft | The Vinyl Anachronist
I toyed with the idea of resting and relaxing until after the first of the year, but then there’s this, Ronny Whyte‘s latest album, and it’s the perfect New [...]
Frank Colon, Latin Lounge | The Vinyl Anachronist
In my Emilio Solla review a few days ago I suggested that I was wrapping up 2019, the de facto Year of the Tango, with yet another Latin jazz release. I don’t know if [...]
Social Distortion Reissues from Craft Recordings | The Vinyl Anachronist
I’d almost forgotten about my shared history with Social Distortion. Mike Ness and his crew hailed from Fullerton CA, where I was born and where I went to college. [...]
Aaron Semer, Cape Disappointment | The Vinyl Anachronist
I knew that Cape Disappointment, the new LP from Aaron Semer, was in my review pile for at least a few weeks. I was surprised when I retrieved it from said pile only to find [...]
