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The Loft were streaming live from Cologne this morning. Today’s concert was divided into three short sets. First up was the so...

There have been many live streamed concerts since the lockdown began, but the first I’ve tuned into was this morning’s duo con...

Frank Gratkowski Trio: Quicksand (Meniscus) I reorganized my CDs last week and maybe Quicksand lodged somewhere in my mind as I’m not s...

In order to free up space on the book shelf I spent some time on Sunday placing albums into space-saving sleeves . I kept a few albums aside...

It has been a while since I last checked in. Here are a few albums that have been making the rounds. When I stumbled upon ...

I'm slowly catching up on things. I spent the first week of September in New York City - it had been awhile since I was last in town (Ea...

Frank Gratkowski Trio -  Gestalten ( JazzHausMusik 1995) Frank Gratkowski (as/b.clar) Dieter Manderscheid (b) Gerry Hamingway (d/perc) ...

Lately,  Frank Gratkowski  has been on the playlist. I find myself listening to his music in blocks - spend a week or two listening to a few...

Nils Wogram 's Root 70 - Getting Rooted (Enja 2003) Wogram (trb) Hayden Chisholm (as/b.clar) Matt Penman (b) Jochen Rueckert (d) Th...

On and off I keep a notebook of thoughts on music and saxophone playing. Earlier this week I flicked through the pages of one that is about ...

Evan Parker - Chicago Solo Evan Parker : Chicago Solo (Okka Disc 1995) Parker's first solo disc devoted to the tenor saxophone (20 ...

Sam Newsome :   "Blue Soliloquy"  (self release) Newsome's solo soprano sax outing released in 2009. Throughout The album ...