Right before the holidays I traveled up to Seattle to meet with PTA senior contributors Grover Neville and Mohammed Samji to hear Mo’s Wilson Audio/Dan D’Agostino/dCS/Transparent system. Early in the listening sessions, Mo put on […]
As we’re barreling full-speed into the New Year, I had a thought. If I’m going to include Fred Hersch in my holiday listening choices, I should probably point out that he’s a perfect New Years’ […]
Many jazz fans have never heard of pianist Lennie Tristano. I would imagine a great many jazz musicians, however, would immediately recognize the name. Tristano was known more as a teacher than a performer, and […]
Pianist Fred Hersch (website) released his new album Songs From Home in celebration of his 65th birthday, and that makes me feel old. When I first discovered Hersch in the ’90s, he was one of […]
You have to be a heck of a jazz musician to assemble and lead a quartet that includes pianist Fred Hersch, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Billy Hart. But sax/clarinet/flute player Brian Landrus–that’s Dr. Brian […]
Stuff I Heard, the new album from saxophone player Troy Roberts, is the polar opposite of yesterday’s Doug MacDonald music review. The Coachella Valley Trio’s Mid Century Modern was easy, familiar and yet expertly played, […]
It says a lot about legendary jazz pianist Fred Hersch and his unique style that he can play with a large ensemble such as the WDR Big Band and leave you thinking primarily at […]
Judy Wexler, Judy Wexler. Where do I know that name? Turns out we’ve been friends on Facebook for quite a long time, a mutual friend of both audiophiles, audio reviewers and other musicians/performers, people most […]
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