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 [...]
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Matty Stecks & Persiflage, Night Cravings | The Vinyl Anachronist
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
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 [...]
Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi–The Final Studio Recording | The Vinyl Anachronist
The final studio recording from Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, Hanamichi, is the second in a series of piano recordings I’ve received over the last couple of weeks [...]
Kane Mathis, Geminus | The Vinyl Anachronist
This new album from Kane Mathis (website) leapt out at me barely five seconds into the first track and started conjuring wintry images and ideas. It reminded me of a dark and [...]
Jazz Worms, Squirmin’ | The Vinyl Anachronist
With a name like Jazz Worms, it has to be good. Right? I didn’t know what to think when I first saw this name, and this album title, after I opened the shipping [...]
