Music
Andy Pizzo Project, Bouncin’ (O-Zip)
As long as there are university music programs, there will be jazz funk groups, though I have no idea if the members of the Andy Pizzo Project or Bodesattva […]
Telefon Tel Aviv, Remixes Compiled (Hefty)
Many dance floor-oriented electronic pieces of music have made it easy to stereotype electronica as emotionless, but Telefon Tel Aviv recordings demonstrate the wrongness of that assumption. The closest […]
Don’t Look Back: 65 Tour Deluxe Edition (Docurama DVD)
By now, the last thing the world needs is more writing about Bob Dylan, but sometimes you just can’t help yourself. It’s all so interesting, and the recent deluxe […]
Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos, Don’t Stop (Independent)
The liner notes for Don’t Stop boast that the album was recorded live in four hours, and whether it’s a function of recording live, in a short time or […]
Papa Grows Funk, Mr. Patterson’s Hat (Funky Krewe)
Mr. Patterson’s Hat is the sound of a band packing its lunch pail and going to work. It’s not showy, and it was only on the third listen that […]
U-Ka, Live at Snug Harbor (Independent)
Is warm enough? Just how far will a soulful earnestness get you? U-Ka’s Live at Snug Harbor boasts an excellent band that includes Charles Neville on saxophones, James Singleton […]
Dumpstaphunk, Listen Hear (Independent)
Late last summer, the members of Dumpstaphunk got breaks from their various touring duties. They took advantage of the moment and Ivan and Ian Neville, Tony Hall, Nick Daniels […]
Jon Cleary, Do Not Disturb (Independent)
The title of this four-song EP comes from the disc’s origins. It was recorded in hotel rooms and during soundchecks while on tour this past year with Bonnie Raitt. […]
Wynton Marsalis, From the Plantation to the Penitentiary (Blue Note)
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary recalls the Black Arts era in African-American culture—particularly poetry and jazz, when it seemed figures such as Amiri Baraka and Rahsaan Roland Kirk […]
Kermit Ruffins, Live at Vaughan’s (Basin Street Records)
Live albums either work spectacularly or they don’t work very well at all. There was a feral, musical restlessness in the MC5 that was only captured on Kick Out […]
