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Cecil Taylor, the most important "jazz" pianist of the past 50 years, has also been the most problematic...
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A band with the name Sleepytime Gorilla Museum has some 'splainin' to do. Not that I've ever looked too deeply into...
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Fifteen years ago, when Charlie Hunter, the Broun Fellinis, Alphabet Soup and others were playing the Elbo Room and...
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How about that jazzbeau Randy Newman? And that legendary bebopper Toumani Diabate? And that big band swinger Jake...
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Joan Jeanrenaud's first CD after leaving Kronos Quartet was aptly titled Metamorphosis, indicating her personal...
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When it comes to twangy plinking that immediately conveys cultural connotations, the banjo has nothing on the...
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Don Byron's Bug Music was about a year old when the clarinetist was booked to play it with his band at the San...
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Photo by Wild Don Lewis Wilco fans know Nels Cline for what he's been adding to the ostensibly alt-county but...
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Standing up for prog isn't as hard as it used to be. Later-vintage Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes...
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