BEST OF 2014: J Hunter’s Best Jazz Albums, Part I
Reviews by J Hunter
I had planned to write a lot more about new jazz this year, particularly in the last couple of months. Then I found out all it took to…
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LIVE: Nels Cline & Julian Lage @ The Egg, 11/20/14
Review by Greg Haymes
Photographs by Bender Melon
"This is gonna be, well, what it is. It's out of our wheelhouse. But I'm a sentimental man, and today…
JAZZ2K: Nels Cline & Julian Lage’s “Room”
NELS CLINE & JULIAN LAGE
Room (Mack Avenue)
Realse date: Tuesday, November 25
In a 2013 interview, Nels Cline described his collaboration with…
LIVE: Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge @ Saratoga Arts, 4/22/14
Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk
Music isn't math. 1 + 1 doesn't always equal 2. Sometimes the music is greater than merely the sum of its parts.
And…
BEST OF 2013: J Hunter’s Best Jazz Albums, Part I
By J Hunter
One of the “problems” with doing this thing on the radio - “Jazz2K” is also broadcast from 6-8pm on Tuesdays on WSPN (91.1FM), including this…
LIVE: New York State Presenters Network Fall Conference Showcases @ The Egg, 10/16-17/12
Photographs by Timothy Reidy
The New York State Presenters Network Fall Conference was held last month at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, featuring…
LIVE: The Julian Lage Group @ the Van Dyck, 10/23/09
Guitarist extraordinaire Julian Lage and his quintet rolled into Schenectady last Friday to play two outstanding shows at the Van Dyck. With a broad grin…
Julian Lage, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?
"I have no idea what it was. I remember that my parents listened to a lot of music like John Martyn, Jobim, Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop. That kind of…