Frequenting my usual vinyl haunt, Academy Records on 18th street in Manhattan (unrelated to the Academy Records that has locations on 12th street in Manhattan
Category: Music
The Indomitable Van Morrison
I listened to most of Van’s unfortunately titled new record, Three Chords and the Truth, this morning on my train ride into the city and
Album Review – Chet Baker / The Legendary Riverside Albums
Bill Evans’ Riverside albums are legendary. Likewise Monk’s. Chet Baker’s? Far from it. Four so-so largely crappy-sounding records cut during the inevitable period when Baker’s
Album Review: “Good Hope” by Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter
Although I’m sure there were others, I remember three prominent acts of my rock-and-rolling youth as having the pervasive reputation for being much better live
New Old Stock – Errol Garner’s Campus Concert and the Octave Remastered Series
On my train ride home last night I was thumbing through Tidal looking for something to listen to when I noticed that a remastered version
The Bargain Bin #2 – The Chick Corea record that is actually a Pete La Roca record
A few years back I pulled a Chick Corea album, Exstasis, out of the bargain bin at Academy Records on 18th street. A Spanish pressing
The Large List – Top 48 Tracks of 2018
LINER NOTES 1. Everything Is Recorded / “She said” Not a bad cut on this album and most of them are ragers. I struggled whether
The Large List – Top 47 Tracks of 2017
LINER NOTES 1. I dare you / The xx This would have been a hit in 1985 and yet doesn’t sound retro to me in
The Large List – Top 46 Tracks of 2016
LINER NOTES 1. MFTR – Pusha T We’re it not for the surprising late year entry of the Tribe album (with the caveat that Kanye
The Large List – Top 45 Tracks of 2015
LINER NOTES 1. Ghosts – Ibeyi Who the hell are these ladies. This came from a trippy African-flavored ghost pop album’s worth of spookiness and