Geoffrey Keezer: Falling Up
If falling down begins with a rude disruption and ends quickly in a painful thud, then falling up would begin with something softly insinuating itself … Read More “Geoffrey Keezer: Falling Up”
Andrew Lindemann Malone
Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band: XXL
Rest assured, big-band fans, that Gordon Goodwin is not trying to push those ensembles into modernity with his Big Phat Band’s XXL, despite his use … Read More “Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band: XXL”
Uri Caine: Concerto Koln: Diabelli Variations
With apologies to partisans of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli is the greatest set of variations ever … Read More “Uri Caine: Concerto Koln: Diabelli Variations”
Regina Carter: Regina’s Reverie
Look at this painting of the most famous violin virtuoso, Niccolò Paganini, at the height of his powers in the early 19th century. Concertgoers and … Read More “Regina Carter: Regina’s Reverie”
American Saxophone Quartet: The Commission Project
The Commission Project has a weighty mission indeed: to break youngsters’ oppressive apathy about serious music by sponsoring composer-in-residence programs in schools around the country. … Read More “American Saxophone Quartet: The Commission Project”
Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings: The Adding Machine
The founders of New York experimental music group Bang on a Can created Cantaloupe Music to provide a home on silvery disc for music that … Read More “Arnold Dreyblatt and the Orchestra of Excited Strings: The Adding Machine”
Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology Volume 2
Russell Gunn’s Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2 is a study in unfulfilled expectations. On the album’s cover, trumpeter Gunn stares forlornly into the distance, perhaps because he … Read More “Russell Gunn: Ethnomusicology Volume 2”